Cop killed, 5 civilians wounded in suicide attack in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A policeman was killed and five civilians were wounded in a suicide attack in the west of Mosul, the second of its kind in Ninewa, a police source said. “A suicide bomber blew up an explosive belt strapped to his body in Hassankwi region in Talafar, west of Mosul, killing a cop and injuring five civilians,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. A police source had said earlier that four policemen were wounded in a similar suicide attack in central Mosul. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1