Suicide attack kills child, injures 10 civilians in Mosul

NINEWA / IraqiNews.com: A child was killed and ten civilians were wounded on Tuesday in a suicide car bomb explosion in western Mosul, a security source said. “A suicide bomber blew up a car rigged with explosives targeting a U.S. vehicle patrol between Sheikh Fathi and al-Boursa regions in western Baghdad,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “The explosion killed a child and injured ten civilians,” he added, without giving details on casualties among U.S. forces. “The child’s body was sent to the forensic medicine department, while wounded were rushed to nearby hospital for treatment,” he also said. Mosul, the capital city of Ninewa, lies 405 km north of Baghdad. The original city of Mosul stands on the west bank of the Tigris River, opposite the ancient biblical city of Nineveh on the east bank, but the metropolitan area has now grown to encompass substantial areas on both banks, with five bridges linking the two sides. Despite having an amount of Kurdish population, it does not form part of the area controlled by the Kurdistan Regional Government Kurdistan RegionG). There are different communities in Mosul like Christians, Shiites and Kurds along with a Sunni majority. The fabric Muslin, long manufactured here, is named for this city. Another historically important product of the area is Mosul marble. The city is also a historic center for the Nestorian Christianity of the Assyrians, containing the tombs of several Old Testament prophets such as Jonah, Yunus in Arabic, and Nahum. SH (S) 1