A gunman has been shot dead and another injured, together with a soldier, in clashes east of Mosul on Tuesday, a Ninewa security source said on Wednesday.
"A gunman has been killed and another was injured in exchange of fire with soldiers in an Army checkpoint in east Mosul's Dargazaliya district," the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
He said that an Iraqi Army soldier was wounded in the clash, whilst the injured gunman was arrested and facing investigation at the headquarters of the Iraqi Army's 2nd Division in Mosul.
Mosul, the center of Ninewa Province, is 405 kms to the north of Baghdad.