‘Dangerous’ Islamic State female militant arrested, south of Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) An Islamic State female leader has been arrested, south of Mosul city, a commander announced on Thursday.
In a statement, Maj. Gen. Hamad al-Jabouri, commander of Nineveh Police Command, said troops “managed to arrest a dangerous IS female militant, known as Wajida Jassim Nouh, in south of Mosul,” depending on information from the intelligence department.
The militant, according to the statement, “played a role in killing two innocent women, who were the wives of police conscripts in al-Lazaka village.” She was arrested in a residential house in al-Maamoun district, west of Mosul.
More than 1,000 bodies of Islamic State, civilians, found in Mosul’s Old City
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Over 1,000 bodies were found in a campaign launched to search for bodies in the Old City of Mosul and the banks of Tigris River, a security source from the civil defense department said on Thursday.
“The search and rescue teams of the civil defense started today a new campaign to search for bodies in the Old City under the rubble and the banks on Tigris River,” the soure told Almaalomah website.
“At least 1,468 decayed bodies were found. Some of them were for civilians, while others were believed to be for Islamic State members as heavy machines were found next to the bodies,” he added.
Earlier this month, the governor of Nineveh province announced that the Old City in Mosul has been declared to be empty of bodies under the rubble.
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