Saturday, September 21, 2024

Baghdad

Ninewa explosion casualties up to 54

Ninewa-Casualties NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: The death toll from the car bomb explosion in Mosul rose to 17 deaths, while 37 were wounded, a police source said. “The suicide bomb attack that targeted a police vehicle patrol in Mosul al-Jadieda region in western Mosul rose to 17 deaths and 37 wounded including three policemen,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The first car bomb explosion was followed by another booby-trapped car explosion near the first explosion targeting civilians who gathered in the area,” he explained. A police source had said earlier casualties from the car bomb explosions that ripped through western Mosul city earlier today have reached 52. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1