IED wounds 5 in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Five persons, including a policeman, on Monday were wounded when a car bomb targeted a security checkpoint in downtown Mosul city, according to a local source. “On Monday, a car rigged with explosives detonated near a police checkpoint in al-Dawasa area, downtown Mosul, wounding five, including a cop,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 1