2 policemen, army soldier killed in blast near Mosul

NINEWA /Iraqi News Two Iraqi policemen and one army soldier were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off south of Mosul city on Saturday, a local security source in Ninewa said. “Two policemen and one Iraqi army serviceman were killed when an IED blast targeted them in al-Qiyara district, (60 km) south of Mosul,” the source told Iraqi News. “The three-man force has received information that gunmen were about to wage a rocket attack on a police station but while they were heading to the site an IED went off, killing them all,” he added. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 3