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| Iraq |
| Soldier killed, officer wounded in Mosul blast |
| 2010-06-28 |
| NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: An Iraqi soldier was killed and an officer wounded while trying to defuse an improvised explosive device (IED) in western Mosul city on Sunday, a security source in Ninewa said. “Iraqi army forces received reports by a local resident about an IED in 17 Tammuz neighborhood, western Mosul. While the force was dealing with the charge, it went off, killing a soldier and injuring an officer in the rank of major,' the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The body of the soldier was removed to a morgue in the city while the wounded officer was rushed to a hospital for treatment,' he said, not giving further information about the explosion. |
| Posted by:Steve White |