Soldier killed, child wounded separately in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi soldier was killed and a girl child wounded in two separate incidents in the volatile province of Ninewa on Friday, according to a police source. “A soldier was killed when an improvised explosive device (IED) went off near an Iraqi army patrol in al-Masarif neighborhood, northern Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Another IED went off near the area of Badosh, (30 km) west of Mosul, leaving a seven-year-old girl wounded,” he added, noting the explosion did not target any security personnel. Mosul, the capital city of the violence-stricken multi-ethnic province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 2