3 soldiers, policeman wounded in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Three Iraqi army soldiers and a policeman were wounded in two separate incidents in the city of Mosul on Thursday, a security source in Ninewa said. “An improvised explosive device (IED) went off near an Iraqi army patrol in al-Hay al-Araby, northern Mosul, wounding three patrolmen wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “They were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source added, not giving more information. In another incident, the same source said, a policeman on a leave was wounded when gunmen opened fire at him inside a restaurant in al-Majmouaa al-Thaqafiya area, also in northern Mosul. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1