3 wounded in IED blast in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Three persons, including a soldier, were wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast in northern Mosul city on Saturday, a security source in Ninewa said. “An IED blast targeted an Iraqi army patrol on the main street in al-Sokkar neighborhood, northern Mosul, leaving two civilians who happened to be near the site and a soldier wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give further details. Mosul, the capital city of the volatile province of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. AmR (P) 7