IED kills Iraqi soldier, child in Ninewa

NINEWA /Iraqi News An Iraqi soldier and a child were killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near them south of Mosul city on Saturday, a police source in Ninewa said. “The IED, planted near a water well on the bank of the river frequented by soldiers, went off in Hammam al-Aleel district, (20 km) south of Mosul, killing a soldier,” the source told Iraqi News. “The blast also killed a child who happened to be near the explosion site,” he added. Mosul, the capital city of the violence-stricken province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 3