Civilian wounded in central Talafar

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: One civilian was wounded on Wednesday by a bomb explosion in central Talafar, according to an official source. “An improvised explosive device went off near a store in al-Aurouba neighborhood, central Talafar, northwest of Mosul, injuring the store’s owner, who was carried to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The wounded man is a mechanic and the forces cordoned off the whole region, preventing civilians form approaching the scene,” he noted. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 3