Explosion in Mosul kills 1, wounds 10
(Agencies)
Updated: 2005-02-23 16:23

A car bomb exploded Wednesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, killing one person and wounding 10 others, hospital officials said.

The blast occurred in western Mosul's Yarmouk neighborhood, said Essam Youssef of the city's Jamhouri hospital, where some of the casualties were brought.

It was not immediately clear what the target of the bomb was. Witnesses said no U.S. or Iraqi forces in the area where the explosion took place.

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