An explosion rocked a street at Mosul University on Thursday night. It took place at the Cafe Al Masqa near Mashki gate, according to Mosul Eye.

“A friend eyewitness called me. He said he was in a cafe about 50m away from the supposed car bomb site. He confirmed it was a car bomb style explosion. Shrapnels were everywhere. No casualties are reported,” writes Ali Y. Al-Baroodi.

This afternoon , a car bomb exploded near the the university of Mosul injuring 4 persons. This is the second car to explode within two months. @AzmatZahra pic.twitter.com/UoHDB182qa

— Basim Razzo (@basimrazzo) February 28, 2019

Later it was reported on person had been killed and 23 wounded. A number of accounts tweeted images and video.

Early footage from the University Street where the car bomb exploded. #Mosul pic.twitter.com/j5IXzg7mSg

— Ali Y. Al-Baroodi (@AliBaroodi) February 28, 2019

Initial reports indicated several injured.

A friend eyewitness called me. He said he was in a cafe about 50m away from the supposed car bomb site. He confirmed it was a car bomb style explosion. Shrapnels were everywhere. No casualties are reported. pic.twitter.com/hIFMi1yPRp

— Ali Y. Al-Baroodi (@AliBaroodi) February 28, 2019

Mosul Eye repots that people should donate blood at Al Salam hospital where the wounded were taken.

كل من يستطيع التبرع بالدم للجرحى التوجه لمستشفى السلام.
الرحمة للشهداء والسلامة للجرحى.

— Mosul Eye عين الموصل (@MosulEye) February 28, 2019

According to Najim al-Jabouri, the head of Nineveh operations command, a top Iraqi security official, the attack was expected. He implied the threats had increased recently. He said on radio that the central government had been asked to provide screening machines. New cameras have recently been installed Baroodi wrote on Twitter.

تصريح اللواء نجم الجبوري حول انفجار المجموعة الثقافية في #الموصل

قائد عمليات نينوى – نجم الجبوري

قائد عمليات نينوى بخصوص الانفجار الاخير: الانفجار كان متوقها ونتوقع المزيد بسبب تجاهل طلباتنا المتكررة بتوفير نظام فحص الكتروني للعجلات والاشخاص.
نعم نؤيد ما قاله قائد العمليات هناك اهمال بهذا الجانب وتعدد القوات… https://t.co/Ip8b49f4PV

— Mosul Eye عين الموصل (@MosulEye) February 28, 2019

Mosul Eye says “life will continue, you can’t stop us from living.”

The last major attack in Mosul was in November in a restaurant.

The city has been working hard to recover from ISIS after more than two years of parts of it being liberated.

We’re so proud to be supporting Book Aid International and the community of Mosul University, Iraq.
Mosul University once housed the largest research library in Northern Iraq, however the building was destroyed by ISIS in 2014.
GET DONATING YOUR LIBRARY FINES NEXT WEEK! 📚 pic.twitter.com/XdylqvKEOv

— Edinburgh RAG (@EdinburghRAG) February 27, 2019

For instance

#Mosul University Campus

Renovating the Central Library has already started. https://t.co/XT9RF9FR3c pic.twitter.com/JszPs9uHgl

— Ali Y. Al-Baroodi (@AliBaroodi) February 28, 2019

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A "car bomb" explodes near Mosul University