Soldier wounded by hand grenade in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: An Iraqi army soldier was wounded on Tuesday by a hand grenade explosion in western Mosul, a security source said. “The grenade was thrown on an army vehicle patrol in al-Islah al-Zeraai neighborhood, western Mosul,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency, noting that the attacker escaped to an unknown place, while the wounded was carried to a nearby hospital for treatment. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.   SH (TP) /SR 641