Gunmen kill three north Iraq

Gunmen have killed three people, including a local official, in the country's north, AP quoted Iraqi authorities as saying. Police officials say that the first attack took place Saturday morning when gunmen shot dead Ibrahim Younis, a municipal council member, near his house in Mosul, 225 miles (360 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. Also in Mosul, gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint, killing one policeman and a passerby. Medics in a nearby hospital confirmed the casualties. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to the media.