Corpse found, two IEDs blow up in Ninewa

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Police forces in Ninewa have found the corpse of a young man, after an explosion in an unfinished building in Talaafar city, north of Mosul on Tuesday. A second improvised explosive device (IED) blew up west of the city, without causing any casualties, a Ninewa security source said. “A force belonging to al-Kusuk police center in Talaafar city, west of Mosul, had found the corpse of a 16-year-old young man, following an explosive charge blast in an unfinished building in Tamarat village, 20 km to the east of the city,” the security source noted. He said that investigations are underway to discover the reasons behind the death of the young man after the explosion to determine if it detonated while he was fiddling with it. He pointed out that the explosion had caused a loud noise, causing the police force to head to the location of the blast. “The area was cordoned off after the blast, whilst the body of the deceased man was sent to the main hospital in Talaafar city. Several suspects close to the blast’s locations have been detained,” he added. In another incident, the same source reported that an explosive charge, planted on the side of the main highway connecting Talaafar with Sinjar town had blown up, but caused no casualties. Talaafar is 60 km to the northwest of Mosul, the center of Ninewa Province, 405 km to the north of Baghdad. SKH/SR 1