IED, cart bomb blasts in Mosul leave no casualties

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An improvised explosive device (IED) and a cart bomb went off consecutively on Saturday in an area thronging with pedestrians in central Mosul city, but left no casualties, a police source in Ninewa said. “The IED targeted a police patrol on the crowded al-Corniche street in central Mosul. It left no casualties,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Later, the police suspected a wooden cart parked near the IED blast scene. Policemen cordoned it off and emptied the place of all pedestrians. It blew up by means of remote control but also left no casualties,” the source added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1