Mortar attack on village near Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two mortars have been fired at a village near Mosul City, but no casualties were reported, a local security source said on Tuesday. “This morning, unknown gunmen attacked Umm al-Shababeet village, Sinjar district (120 km northwest of Mosul City) with two mortar shells,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. No casualties were reported as the mortars landed on an uninhabited area, the source noted. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 2