2 civilians wounded in Mosul blast

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two civilian men were wounded when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near a military patrol in western Mosul city on Saturday, a police source in Ninewa said. “The IED blast targeted an Iraqi army patrol in the area of Souk al-Ma’ash, western Mosul, leaving two civilians who happened to be near the explosion scene wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1