Cop injured in sticky bomb explosion in Ninewa

February 17, 2009 - 05:57:55

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A policeman was injured on Tuesday in a sticky bomb explosion in south of Mosul, according t a police source.

“An improvised explosive device stuck to a private car, went off in Hamam al-Aleel district in south of Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“The explosion led to cutting off one of the cop’s legs,” he added.

Mosul, the capital of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.

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