Soldier injured in western Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: One Iraqi soldier was wounded Wednesday in an armed attack in western Mosul, a police source said. “Unidentified gunmen opened fire on an army checkpoint in al-Arabi neighborhood, western Mosul, injuring a soldier, and fled to an unknown place,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give more details. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1