Bomb explodes in front of church in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A bomb went off on Tuesday in front of a church in central Mosul, a police source said. “A sound bomb went off in front of a Church of Chaldean in al-Mayassa region in central Mosul, causing material damage to the church’s exterior door,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The church is located in a popular region in the right section of the city,” he added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG). There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites and Kurds along with a Sunni majority. The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named for this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble. The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, Yunus in Arabic, and Nahum. SH (S)/SR 1