Mortar shells injure civilian in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: One civilian was wounded on Monday in a mortar shell attack in northern Mosul, a police source said. “Two mortar shells landed near an army checkpoint in al-Masaref street in northern Mosul, injuring a passing civilian,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 1