2 policemen wounded in hand-grenade blast in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two policemen were wounded when a hand-grenade blast targeted their patrol in eastern Mosul city on Thursday, a police source in Ninewa said. “A hand-grenade was hurled at the policemen’s patrol in al-Muthanna neighborhood, eastern Mosul, leaving two policemen wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The explosion targeted the patrols of the 2nd Emergency Police Contingent,” the source said, adding the wounded were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment. Mosul, the capital city of the volatile province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 1