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Army officer, policeman wounded separately in Mosul

March 28, 2009 - 07:02:32

NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: An improvised explosive device went off near an Iraqi army patrol, leaving an officer wounded, while a policeman was wounded when gunmen opened fire on him in eastern Mosul city, a police source said on Saturday.

“The IED targeted the Iraqi army patrol in Dora Sayedati al-Jameela, eastern Mosul, wounding an officer in the rank of major,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

In a separate incident, the source said that a policeman was wounded when gunmen opened fire on him on Saturday while he was on a leave of absence near his home in al-Nabi Younis area, eastern Mosul.

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

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