2 cops, 1 civilian wounded in grenade attack in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two policemen and one civilian were wounded on Wednesday in a grenade attack in western Mosul city. “A gunman threw a grenade on an Iraqi police checkpoint in the al-Borsa area, western Mosul, wounding two cops and one civilian,” a local police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He noted that the gunman was able to escape after he launched the attack. The source did not mention further details. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1