Hand grenade wounds 6 in Ninewa

January 20, 2009 - 12:42:08

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Six persons on Tuesday were wounded when a hand grenade was thrown at a security checkpoint in Talaafar district, according to a police source.

“A gunman threw a hand grenade at a police checkpoint in Hassan Koi area (60 km west of Mosul city), wounding six persons, including two police personnel,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.