Mass grave with remains of 48 civilians found in Mosul’s Old City
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A mass grave containing human remains of 48 civilians was found in Mosul’s Old City, an Iraqi military source said on Sunday.
“Nineveh Operations troops confiscated today a mass grave in al-Midan region in Mosul’s Old City. It included remains of 48 civilians, that had signs of torture. They were executed in a secret prison in the region,” the source added.
“Most of the victims were civil servants and candidates in Nineveh. The bodies were transferred to forensic medicine department in Mosul.”
Seven Islamic State members killed in operation, southwest of Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Security troops have killed seven militants in an operation carried out in southwest of Mosul, a security source announced on Sunday.
“F16 jets purged, for more than two hours, an area of more than four kilometers in the desert region linking between Qayyarah and Baaj towns,” Cap. Safwan al-Asali, of the Iraqi military, was quoted by news agencies as saying on Sunday.
“Security permissions from the air force operations command indicate killing seven militants and destroying nine tunnels, murdering those who were inside,” he added.
The operation, according to Asali, “depended on intelligence information as it was hard to purge some regions with only the ground troops.”