Salaries totaling $1.1 million stolen in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An armed group stole the salaries of an oil company’s employees in western Mosul , a police source said on Monday. “Unknown gunmen stole salaries totaling $1.1 million from employees of the Northern Oil Products Company near the company’s building in al-Mosul al-Jadida region in western Mosul ,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The gunmen attacked the company’s security elements and seized their weapons,” he added. “Police investigations are still under way,” he noted, without giving further details. Mosul , the capital of Ninewa, lies 405km north of Baghdad . SH (P)/SR 1