2 wounded in blast in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two civilians were wounded when a car bomb went off near the Iraqi army’s 5th Brigade HQ in eastern Mosul city on Thursday, according to a military source. “A car rigged with explosives went off near the 5th Brigade HQ in Kouk al-Khaleel area, eastern Mosul, wounding two civilians who happened to be close to the explosion scene,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The blast also caused damage to the Brigade HQ building,” the source added, not giving more details about the incident. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1