Car bomb kills cop, injures 5 in southern Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A policeman was killed and five people were wounded in a suicide car bomb explosion in southern Mosul, a security source said on Thursday. “A suicide bomber blew up a car crammed with explosives on Thursday morning (Feb. 19) targeting a police vehicle patrol in Wadi Hagar region in southern Mosul, killing one policeman and injuring five, including three civilians,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Police found the remains of a body believed to belong to the attacker inside the car,” he added. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, is 405 km north of Baghdad.   SH (P)/SR     1