Blast in Talafar leaves no casualties
July 16, 2009 - 03:21:54
NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: An explosive charge went off in northern Talafar but left no casualties, a source from the district’s police said Thursday.
“The charge was left in an uninhabited part of al-Nasser neighborhood, northern Talafar (60 km) west of Mosul city,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“Some damage occurred in empty houses nearby,” he said.
The source speculated that the bomb detonated while gunmen were planting it.
“Iraqi forces cordoned off the area in search of gunmen involved in the incident,” he noted.
He did not mention whether any suspects were arrested.
Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa province, lies 405 km north of Baghdad.
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