Civilian wounded, explosives defused in Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: One civilian was wounded and explosives were defused Wednesday in two separate incidents in Ninewa, according to a security source. “One civilian was wounded Wednesday evening (Oc. 6) when an explosive charge went off in al-Majmouaa al-Thaqafiya region, northern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Army forces defused three explosive charges in Talafar, without causing casualties,” the same source said. Talafar is 60 km west of Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, which lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 1