15 army soldiers killed by car bomb in Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A total of 15 Iraqi army soldiers were killed Friday in a booby-trapped car blast in Ninewa, according to a security source. “The blast occurred when a vehicle carrying elements of the 2nd division of the Iraqi army hit a car bomb in north of Baasheqa district, north of Mosul,” the source told Iraqi News. “The blast killed 15 soldiers, including a captain,” he added. “The explosion took place in a region used to defuse explosives and car bombs seized during security raids,” he said. Eyewitnesses had said earlier that a number of Iraqi army soldiers were killed or injured in a car bomb explosion north of Mosul. The soldiers were defusing a car rigged with explosives in northern Baasheqa district, north of Mosul, when it exploded suddenly, leaving several casualties, an eyewitness said. “The car was among weapons and ammunitions the army found during a military operation in the district,” another witness told Iraqi News by phone. Baasheqa is 15 km north of Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, which lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 1