22/01/2014 19:11
Deadly battles break out in Mosul
Armed confrontations and roadside bombs made for a bloody day in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul on Wednesday, claiming the lives of at least 16 people -- including militants who died in a battle with the Iraqi army, police in Mosul said, according to CNN.
The army killed 10 members of the al Qaeda-linked Islamic State in Iraq and Syria and detained 16 others in a security operation in southern Mosul, according to Gen. Mehdi al-Garawi, commander of federal police in predominantly Sunni Muslim Nineveh province.
In western Mosul, three police officers were killed and six others were wounded when several roadside bombs exploded near police patrols, police officials said.
Also in western Mosul, gunmen fatally shot a civilian while he was driving a car Wednesday, Mosul police said.
And in eastern Mosul, Iraqi soldiers killed two gunmen who tried to attack an army checkpoint, police in the city said.
Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, is about 400 kilometers (250 miles) north of Baghdad.