3, including mayor, wounded in Mosul blast

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Three persons, including a mayor, were injured in an explosive charge blast in Mosul City, a local security source said on Wednesday. “Today, an improvised explosive device (IED) detonated in front of the office of Kokjli’s mayor, Fathi Ali al-Rashidi, in eastern Mosul, wounding him along with two other civilians,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The mayor was on his way to work when the blast occurred, the source added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 2