3 family members wounded in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Three persons, from the same family, were wounded on Wednesday when a mortar shell hit their house in eastern Mosul, a security source said. “A mortar shell hit on Wednesday (Sept. 8) a house in al-Bekr neighborhood, eastern Mosul, near an army checkpoint, injuring a woman and her son and daughter, who were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SH (P) 1