Security developments in Iraq

Two gunmen were killed and a soldier was wounded in an armed clash in Nineveh province, the Iraqi News Agency (NINA) quote Interior Ministry as saying. “The security forces in Nineveh province killed two gunmen, while trying to target the Iraqi army stationed in the Maliah area of Nineveh province,” said the statement. “One of the elements of the security forces was injured in the accident , and was taken to the hospital,” it added. In a related development, Police patrols found a body of one of the workers in the Badush central prison, in Mosul, NINA reported . While the Iraqi Interior Ministry announced the arrest of wanted men in Salahuddin province. “Salahuddin province police arrested two accused of smuggling fuel and seized their vehicle in Baiji,” it said.