A car bomb in the northern city of Mosul killed an Iraqi police official along with two other police officers Friday morning, Nineveh Governor Duraid Kashmoula told CNN. A number of police and civilians were wounded in the explosion. According to Kashmoula, Col. Jassim Mohammed Bilal, a police battalion commander, died when his convoy was targeted in the 9 a.m. attack, which was immediately followed by a gunbattle between insurgents and police. Mosul is located about 250 miles (400 kilometers) north of Baghdad. On Thursday, a motorcycle bomb in Baghdad killed 12 people, The Associated Press reported. At least 18 other people were killed or found dead Thursday across the country. The dead included nine bodies discovered floating in the Tigris River, the AP said.
