5 wounded in Mosul blast

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Five persons on Monday were wounded in a car bomb blast that targeted an army patrol vehicle in northern Mosul city, according to a local police source. “A roadside car bomb detonated today in Mosul’s northern area of al-Sada near an Iraqi army patrol vehicle, wounding five persons, including one soldier,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The explosion caused severe damage to a nearby building, the source added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 1