Two suicide bomb attacks on Tuesday targeted Iraqi security forces in the city of Mosul, the capital of Nineveh province, killing eight people and wounding five others, a provincial police source said.
A suicide bomber blew up his explosive belt near a police patrol in the commercial district of Boursah in western Mosul, killing four people and wounding five others, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The attack took place while the Iraqi police were engaged in fierce clashes with unknown gunmen in the area, the source added.
Meanwhile, a suicide bomber drove his explosive laden car into a police checkpoint in the al-Nour neighborhood in eastern Mosul, killing at least four people, the source said.
Nineveh province, including its capital Mosul, some 400 km north of Baghdad, was believed to be one of the last strongholds of al-Qaida fighters in the war-torn country.
The U.S. and Iraqi security forces have been staging a major security crackdown in Nineveh to uproot al-Qaida militants and other anti-U.S. insurgent groups.
Source:Xinhua
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