Police foil bombing in Karbala

KARBALA / IraqiNews.com: Karbala police on Sunday defused an improvised explosive device (IED) stuck to a vehicle carrying five engineers in the province. “On Sunday, security forces saved the lives of five engineers from Ninewa province during a visit to Karbala city after they had discovered a bomb under their vehicle,” Staff Maj. Gen. Ali Jassem Mohammed told IraqiNews.com news agency. The holy city of Karbala lies 110 km southwest of the Iraqi capital; while Mosul, the capital of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 1