NINEWA / Aswat al-Iraq: Sixteen civilians were wounded in a hand-grenade blast that targeted a police patrol in central Mosul city on Saturday, according to a local security source in Ninewa province.“A hand-grenade went off near a police patrol in al-Sammaka souk (outdoor market), al-Maydan area, central Mosul, leaving 16 civilians wounded,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“The wounded included women and children who happened to be in the shoppers-crammed souk during the time of the attack,” he said, adding the assailants escaped through the alleys of the neighborhood after the attack.