Mass poisoning during wedding in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: The Mosul educational hospital received on late Thursday thirty cases of persons who ate spoiled food in a wedding banquet in western Mosul , a medical source said on Friday. “30 persons were poisoned as they ate spoiled food in a wedding in Raas Jada region in western Mosul ,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “Ambulances rushed the poisoned cases to the hospital,” he added, noting that the cases, include four children and the groom. 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) 1