Baghdad - A car bomb went of on Thursday in al-Hamidiya district in eastern Mosul injuring 11 people including Iraqi soldiers, security sources said.

The bomb struck an army patrol injuring 11, including six Iraqi soldiers, the sources told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa.

Separately, a bomb exploded in a main road in Makhmour district, 300 kilometres north of Baghdad. The detonation injured two civilians, a security source told dpa. (dpa)