NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Four persons were killed or wounded in two separate attacks in Mosul city, a police source said on Wednesday. “An improvised explosive device (IED) went off in al-Karama neighborhood, eastern Mosul, killing a civilian and wounding two,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq. “The device detonated automatically and did not target military or security vehicles,” the source explained.“Meanwhile, another explosive charge targeted an Iraqi army vehicle in al-Nahrawan neighborhood, western Mosul, wounding a patrolman,” according to the same source.
Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government (KRG).