200 insurgents carry out Mosul attack using six carbombs, 14 roadside bombs in raid on jail, battle with police

Above: A bullet flies overhead as an Iraqi police officer shoots his pistol during training at FOB Marez in Mosul on May 1. Left: Mosul, located in the extreme north, is Iraq's 3rd largest city, with a population of 1.75 million..

In the northern city of Mosul, more than 200 Sunni Arab insurgents carried out a sophisticated attack on several targets using suicide car bombers, rocket-propelled grenades, assault rifles and improvised bombs, said Maj. Gen. Watheq al-Hamdani, the top police commander in Mosul.

Four police officers died in the fighting, while 14 others were wounded along with 16 civilians, General Hamdani said.

The attack began at dusk when gunmen tried to storm the main provincial jail, the commander said. When police forces responded, the insurgents attacked them with six suicide car bombs, and 14 bombs planted on surrounding roads exploded.

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