Army officer, policeman wounded separately in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An improvised explosive device went off near an Iraqi army patrol, leaving an officer wounded, while a policeman was wounded when gunmen opened fire on him in eastern Mosul city, a police source said on Saturday. “The IED targeted the Iraqi army patrol in Dora Sayedati al-Jameela, eastern Mosul, wounding an officer in the rank of major,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. In a separate incident, the source said that a policeman was wounded when gunmen opened fire on him on Saturday while he was on a leave of absence near his home in al-Nabi Younis area, eastern Mosul. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 1