Assyrian Christian gunned down in Mosul
Nineveh- Assyria- Iraq
15-02-2010
A Christian man was killed on Monday in western Mosul, according to a police source.“Unidentified gunmen stormed a vegetables store of a 60-year-old Christian citizen called Najem Abdallah Moneer Fatoohi in 17 Tamouz region, western Mosul, shooting and killing him,” the source said.“This is the second incident of this kind in 24 hours in Mosul,” he explained.
May he rest in peace and may his family be consoled.
The majority of Iraq’s Christians, are Assyrians, affiliated with different Churches and since the U.S. led invasion in March 2003, they have been subjected to severe acts of violence and as they form the weakest link in the Iraqi mosaic, they've been continuously ignored and marginalized by the local and foreign authorities which are governing Iraq at present in addition to being obscured by the media.
Agencies
