Civilian wounded in hand-grenade blast
March 26, 2009 - 04:26:09
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: A civilian man was wounded in a hand-grenade attack on Thursday in central Mosul, where the culprit was later arrested, a source from Ninewa police said.
“A man was injured when a gunman hurled a hand-grenade at his store in the area of al-Dawasa, central Mosul,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The police captured the perpetrator after a chase in the same area,” the source added.
“The detainee is under investigative custody while the wounded was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source said, not giving further details about the incident.
Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
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