Separate shootings in Iraq’s main northern city of Mosul on Saturday left three people dead, including a local councilman.

Separate shootings in Iraq's main northern city of Mosul on Saturday left three people dead, including a local councilman, Agence France Presse quoted security and medical officials as saying.

In one attack, gunmen opened fire on a police checkpoint in Mosul, 350 kilometers (220 miles) from Baghdad, killing a policeman and a civilian, said police First Lieutenant Mohammed al-Juburi and Dr Mahmud Haddad at Mosul General Hospital.

In another incident, city councilor Ibrahim Younis was gunned down outside his home in southeastern Mosul, according to Juburi and Khaled al-Rifaie, a doctor at the hospital's morgue.

Friday's unrest takes to 246 the number of people killed in attacks nationwide this month, according to an AFP tally based on reports from security and medical officials.