Baghdad, February 24: Two Iraqi policemen have been killed in the latest incident in a string of terrorist attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
According to a report published by the news agency, two policemen were killed.
on Tuesday by gunmen at a security checkpoint in Mosul’s western district of Tal a-Ruman.
The assailants escaped the scene in a vehicle and their whereabouts are unknown.
Police cordoned off the area after the attack and launched an investigation.
A volatile ethnic mix of Sunni Arabs, Kurds, and Christians, Mosul has been the scene of
frequent shootings and bombings.
US commanders regard the once cosmopolitan city as the last urban bastion of al-Qaeda in Iraq.
The capital city of Iraq’s Nineveh province is situated some 396 kilometers (250 miles) northwest of Baghdad.
—-Agencies