URGENT / 3 killed, 5 wounded in truck bomb blast in Talafar

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Three people were killed and five others wounded on Thursday evening when a truck bomb went off near a checkpoint in Talafar district, northwest of volatile Mosul city, a security source said. “A truck carrying cement went exploded near the al-Shahidain checkpoint in Talafar, leaving three persons, including two policemen, killed and five others who happened to be nearby the blast scene then wounded,” the source told Iraqi News. Talafar lies 60 km northwest of Mosul. “The number of casualties is most likely to rise,” he added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, is 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1