Two children were killed and three others wounded on Friday when an explosive device went off in a village once held by the Islamic State (IS) group near Mosul, northern Iraq, according to local reports. The deadly explosion occurred at a cemetery in the village of Omar Qabji in Nineveh province, a security source told Alsumaria TV. The explosive device that went off had been left behind by IS, the unnamed source told the Iraqi television channel. The IS group swept through parts of Iraq, including Mosul and its surrounding areas, in 2014. They were territorially defeated in December 2017 afte…