Explosion kills one, wounds 10 in Iraq

A car bomb exploded today 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 neighbourhood, 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 US or Iraqi forces in the area where the explosion took place.