Officer killed, 2 soldiers wounded in car bomb blast in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A car bomb went off near an Iraqi army patrol in western Mosul city on Sunday, killing an officer and wounding two soldiers, an army source said. “A car rigged with explosives went off on Sunday near an Iraqi army patrol in al-Rifaie neighborhood, western Mosul, killing an officer and injuring two soldiers,” the source told IraqiNews.com. He did not give further details about the blast. Mosul , the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad . AmR (P)/SR 1