[Rudaw] A boom-mobile killed one civilian and injured 13 in west djinn-infested Mosul... the home of a particularly ferocious and hairy djinn...
late on Thursday evening, according to the Iraqi Security Media Cell.
Medical and police sources who spoke to Rooters put the number of maimed at 24.
"A terrorist attack via a VBIED [vehicle borne improvised bomb] which was parked next to the outside wall of the cultural group area in Mosul city, resulting in the martyrdom of one civilian and injury of 13 others, according to initial information on the incident," read a statement from Iraqi Security Media Cell.
No group has grabbed credit for the attack.
According to local media outlets, the kaboom took place near Mosul University campus.
Abdul-Karim Atroshi, head of the university’s media affairs, confirmed the kaboom to Rudaw English, but said it had not affected the university.
"It took place in a street near the university," Atroshi said.
In an earlier statement, the Iraqi Security Media Cell said a Hashd al-Shaabi vehicle went
kaboom!after passing over an IED 50 kilometers south of the city.