Civilian, soldier wounded in checkpoint attack

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two persons, including a military serviceman, were injured when a hand grenade was thrown at a security checkpoint in Mosul City, a local police source said on Saturday. “This afternoon, one civilian and a soldier were wounded when unknown men threw a hand grenade at an Iraqi army checkpoint in al-Zahraa neighborhood, eastern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The source did not give further details. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P)/SR 2