An Iraqi college student from the university of Mosul and a civilian were killed on Sunday by unknown gunmen northern Iraq. An Iraqi police source said gunmen assassinated Mohammad Ali Khuder, a literature major student in his second year in college. The student was on his way home in a minicab when he was shot, police said. The minicab was close to a police checkpoint when gunmen stopped the car and shot him, police said.Students from the university protested the killing and called it an assassination attempt that aims to instigate a sectarian strife. Last week, two students one from Al-Naseryah town and another from Telefar were killed. In separate incident, gunmen killed a civilian in Al-Jazaaeria area west of Mosul. Police said the victim was one of Saddam's loyalists.