Mosul (Iraq), Jan. 31 (Reuters): Guerrillas killed nine people in a car bomb blast outside a police station in the Iraqi city of Mosul today, and a separate attack on a US convoy north of Baghdad killed three American soldiers.

Police in Mosul, 390 km north of Baghdad, said 44 people were also wounded in the car bomb attack. Thick smoke billowed from blazing vehicles after the blast, which shattered windows in a wide area.