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Gunmen kill one civilian, injure two in Mosul

Feb- 1-2006 » Filed Under: 172nd SBCT

(TF BoB Press Release)

TIKRIT, Iraq – A local man was killed and two others wounded during an attack by terrorist gunmen in Mosul Monday afternoon.

The attack began with the gunmen firing automatic weapons and rocket-propelled grenades at Iraqi security forces. A nearby unit from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team saw the attack and engaged the gunmen, killing the terrorist with the RPG and forcing the other two to flee.

Mosul police officers joined the unit and began searching the surrounding area for the gunmen. As the police neared their hiding place, the terrorist began spraying the area with small arms fire, missing the police, but hitting the innocent bystanders.

The two men escaped as the police tended to the wounded civilians, who were taken to a local hospital. The victim who died from his wounds was an off-duty hospital security guard who was shopping with his family. The injured residents were an 80-year-old man and an 8-year-old boy.


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