Soldier wounded in clashes with gunmen southeastern Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi soldier was wounded on Tuesday in clashes with gunmen in southeastern Mosul, a police source said. “Clashes flared up this afternoon between gunmen and an army force at a checkpoint in Yarmaja region in southeastern Mosul, where a soldier was wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The soldier was carried to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he added, without giving further details. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 3