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Car bomb kills cop, injures 5 in southern Mosul

February 19, 2009 - 09:04:51

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A policeman was killed and five people were wounded in a suicide car bomb explosion in southern Mosul, a security source said on Thursday.

“A suicide bomber blew up a car crammed with explosives on Thursday morning (Feb. 19) targeting a police vehicle patrol in Wadi Hagar region in southern Mosul, killing one policeman and injuring five, including three civilians,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

“Police found the remains of a body believed to belong to the attacker inside the car,” he added.

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

 

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