Civilian, 2 guards wounded by hand grenade in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: One civilian and two guards were wounded on Tuesday in a hand grenade explosion in the city of Mosul, a police source said. “An unknown gunman threw a hand grenade at the back door of the Central Bank in al-Jomhouriya street in the city of Mosul, injuring two of the bank’s guards and a passing civilian,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “The guards opened fire on the attacker, but he fled to an unknown place,” he added. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (TP) 614