Blast near KDP headquarters in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A sticky improvised explosive device attached to a civilian vehicle went off near the Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) local committee headquarters in Mosul city on Monday, a committee source said. “The IED went off about 50 meters away from the KDP local committee headquarters in al-Faisaliya neighborhood, eastern Mosul, but left no casualties,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The explosion caused damage to nearby stores,” the source added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1