Gunmen set eight communication towers ablaze in Mosul

Mosul, Feb 7, (VOI)- Unidentified gunmen set eight communication towers ablaze in the city of Mosul, a police source said on Thursday.

"Unknown gunmen set fire to six communication towers in al-Ghufran, Karama, Mithaq, al-Nour, al-Qadissiya al-Thaniya neighborhoods in eastern Mosul and al-Sedeeq neighborhood in the northern section of the city," the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI).
"They burned also two more towers in 17 Tamouz and Senaat Wadi Ekab regions in western Mosul, he added.
"The burnt towers belong to AsiaCell, Fanous, Iraqna mobile companies," the source explained, adding no further details.

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad.