Violence around Iraq killed seven people on Monday, November 15, including two Christian friends gunned down in one of their homes in the latest in a spate of attacks targeting the minority community, security officials said.
The gunmen escaped after the evening attack in an eastern neighbourhood of the main northern city of Mosul, police said.
One of the victims was a Syrian Catholic employed in the provincial anti-corruption office. The other was a joiner of Armenian origin, the police said.
Last week, a spate of bomb and mortar attacks targeted the homes and businesses of Christians in the capital Baghdad, killing six people and wounding 33 and drawing international condemnation, AFP reported
