2 army personnel wounded in IED blast in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi army officer and soldier were wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack in western Mosul city on Thursday, a police source in Ninewa said. “An IED went off near al-Siha tunnel, western Mosul, targeting an Iraqi army patrol. The blast left an officer in the rank of major and a patrolman wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give further details. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1