(KUNA) -- An Iraqi army soldier and a Muslim cleric were killed by unknown gunmen in northern Iraq on Friday, police said. A police source in Kirkuk told KUNA gunmen riding a civilian car opened fire at army soldier Abdullah Mustafa Mohammad in front of his house in Nasr neighborhood. Mohammad was killed on the spot.
Other gunmen in Mosul shot dead Mulla Saeed mosque Imam, Ali Akram Saeed Mahdi, while he was leaving the mosque, another police source at Mosul said. Iraqi servicemen and civilians have been exposed to attacks by insurgents since their country was liberated in 2003. Thousands were killed and many others injured in these attacks. |