Authorities say that two separate bombings have killed five soldiers in a northern Iraq city.
Police officials said that the deadlier of the attacks in Mosul took place today afternoon when a roadside bomb struck an army convoy, killing four soldiers.
Elsewhere in the city, a suicide bomber set off his explosive belt near the motorcade of a local military intelligence officer, killing one soldier and wounding six others, police say. The intelligence officer was unhurt in the attack.
Mosul, a former al-Qaeda stronghold, is 360 kilometres northwest of Baghdad.
Medical officials confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke anonymously as they weren't authorised to release information.
Insurgents frequently target security forces in an attempt to undermine the Shiite-led government.
