NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Army forces killed on Monday a suicide bomber in eastern Talafar, a security source said.“Acting on a tip-off on the presence of a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt in al-Mazraa village in eastern Talafar, a force from the 3rd division of the Iraqi army rushed to the area and killed him,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
Talafar is 60 km northwest of Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, which lies 405 km north of Baghdad.