A bomb exploded near an ambulance taking a pregnant woman to hospital in Iraq on Monday, wounding her and killing two people, police and a doctor said.
The blast near the northern city of Mosul also wounded the ambulance
driver and killed a medic and a relative travelling with the pregnant
woman, who was in labour at the time of the blast, the sources said.The child, a boy, was delivered by Caesarian section and was in good health, a medical source said.
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Militants have a major presence in Mosul and are said to extort money from shop owners in the city.
Gunmen also killed a tribal sheikh and another man in Mosul on Monday, and a farmer near Baiji to its south.
With the latest violence, more
than 590 people have been killed this month and over 4,400 since the
beginning of the year, according to AFP figures based on security and
medical sources.
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