ANA ASHUR Media and Translation Desk
Three Assyrians of the same family killed by gunmen in Mosul
Nineveh- Assyria- Iraq
23-02-2010
A security source in Nineveh said that three Assyrians of the same family were killed Tuesday evening by unknown gunmen. The source added: "Three unknown men knocked on the door of the family home located in al-Sahha neighbourhood in Mosul at 10:00 p.m., they broke into the home, isolated the girls in the kitchen after stealing their jewelry, then shot and killed the father and his two sons using guns with silencers".
The source added: "The three victims are the father Ishoo Mattoka and his two sons Mokhles and Bassem, the bodies of the three victims were taken to the forensic medicine department in Mosul".
May they rest in peace and may their 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.
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