Tanker Explosion in Mosul

Mosul, Sept 28, (VOI)- A total of 20 civilians were injured in a tanker bomb explosion near a bridge in western Mosul, while police patrols found another booby-trapped car in the same area, a police source said.

“Twenty civilians were injured, including children and women when a tanker rigged with explosives went off under al-Seha bridge in western Mosul,” the Director of the Ninewa police department Brigadier Abdul Karim al-Juburi told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).

“The attack destroyed the bridge completely and caused some material damage to nearby vehicles and houses,” he also said.

“Police patrols found another car bomb parked on the main street near the same bridge and detonated it remotely,” he added.

“The car bomb was targeting security forces heading for the blast scene,” the Brigadier explained.

The bridge is located at the western outlet of Mosul and links the main street to the road that lead to Sinjar and Talafar, west of Mosul.

Mosul, capital city of Ninewa province, is 402 km north of Baghdad.

This bridge also happens to be near a large airfield.

UPDATE: Bernhard notes this is a serious strategic challenge. Not quite so much, as you can see in this map cut. The bridge and airfield are at the lower right. If you look westwards you will see the beltway interchange road network. Locate National Route #1. The road immediately above that runs out to Sinjar and Tal Afar. It's now just slightly more complicated to move around.

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