Suicide attack kills cop, wounds 10 in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: One policeman was killed and 10 were wounded in a suicide attack in western Mosul on Thursday, a police source said. “A suicide bomber blew up an explosive belt strapped to his body on Thursday morning (May 20) targeting a police checkpoint in Dourat Qassem al-Khayat region, western Mosul, killing a policeman and injuring ten, including four policemen,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Security forces cordoned off the whole region, preventing vehicles and pedestrians from entering it,” he said. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 3