Urgent / policeman attacks U.S. patrol, kills translator in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: One Iraqi translator was killed when an Iraqi policeman opened fire targeting a U.S. patrol in western Mosul city, a security source from Ninewa province said on Tuesday. “The incident took place near the 5 th bridge in Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency, explaining that the attack caused casualties among the U.S. patrol’s servicemen. “U.S. forces cordoned off the area,” he said. The source did not mention further details, while U.S. forces have not yet commented on the issue or the related casualties among the patrol’s servicemen. For his part, a medical source confirmed that the morgue in Mosul received the body of an interpreter. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1