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Suicide Bombing Kills Up To Eight In Northern Iraq
February 11, 2013
A suicide car bomb has killed as many as eight people in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul.
Police and hospital sources said that the bomber targeted a military checkpoint.
The attack on February 11 also wounded up to eight people, mostly soldiers.
The attack comes a day after gunmen killed four people in Mosul in three separate attacks.
The victims included two policemen, one soldier, and an oil worker.
Mosul, 390 kilometers north of Baghdad, is a multiethnic city and with a population comprising mostly Arabs, Kurds, and Turkomans.
Based on reporting by Reuters and AP
Source: http://www.rferl.org/content/mosul-bombing-iraq/24899358.html
Copyright (c) 2013. RFE/RL, Inc. Reprinted with the permission of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, 1201 Connecticut Ave., N.W. Washington DC 20036.
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