Body found near Makhmour

ARBIL / IraqiNews.com: Iraqi army forces on Wednesday found an unknown body in west of Makhmour district, an Iraqi army source said. “An Iraqi army force found a body of a 40-year-old man on Wednesday (Jan. 21) on the main road between Makhmour and al-Qayara district, west of Makhmour,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The body shows signs of gunshot wounds,” he added, noting that the body was sent to the forensic medicine department in al-Qayara, 80 km south of Mosul. Makhmour district is 68 km southwest of Arbil city, which lies 362 km northeast of the capital Baghdad. SH (P) 1