Simultaneous blasts kill, injure 14 civilians in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: Two civilians were killed and 12 others were wounded in two simultaneous explosions in central Mosul on Friday, a police source said. “Two bombs went off simultaneously in Bab al-Toub region in central Mosul , killing two civilians and injuring 12 more,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The two bombs, placed inside plastic bags, targeted civilians in the region,” he underlined. Mosul , the capital city of Ninewa , lies 405 km north of Baghdad . The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG). There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites and Kurds along with a Sunni majority. The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named for this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble. The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, Yunus in Arabic, and Nahum. SH (S) 1