Civilian wounded in IED blast near Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A civilian man was wounded when an improvised explosive device went off east of Mosul city on Monday, according to a Ninewa police source. “The IED, which was attached to a civilian man’s vehicle, went off in the district of Bartala, (30 km) east of Mosul, leaving him wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The injured man was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source added. Mosul, the capital city of the volatile province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1