Gunmen attacked a police checkpoint south of Mosul in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh on Wednesday, killing at least five policemen and a civilian, a provincial police source said.
"Unknown gunmen opened fire early in the morning at a police checkpoint in the Hamam al-Alil area, 20 km south of Mosul, and traded fire with the policemen, killing five of them," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
A civilian was also killed after being caught in the crossfire while bypassing the checkpoint, he said.
The attackers fled the scene after the clashes, which made the casualty condition on their part unknown, added the source.
Nineveh province, including its capital Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, has long been the hot bed of insurgency and sectarian violence since the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
Source: Xinhua
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