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Mosul blasts kill, injure 18 people

IRBIL, April 23 (KUNA) -- Three Iraqi people were killed including a police officer and 15 others were injured in two separate explosions in the city of Mosul, northern Iraq, on Wednesday, police sources said.
Sources told KUNA that a car rigged with explosives went off as a police patrol was passing in central Mosul. The explosion killed two civilians and injured 11 others, material damage to nearby stores was also reported.
Meanwhile, a suicide bomber blew up an explosive belt he was wearing in a money exchange office in central Mosul. Two people were killed, including one Iraqi Army officer in civilian dress, and six others were wounded.(end) sbr.sab KUNA 231417 Apr 08NNNN