Thirteen Islamic State members arrested in infiltration attempt, east of Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Thirteen Islamic State members were arrested as they attempted infiltration into a village, east of Mosul, a police source said on Sunday.
Speaking to BasNews, Cap. Waad Jalal, of the intelligence department of Nineveh police, said, “security troops besieged Bazwaya village, as information showed several Islamic State members were sneaking into the village.”
Troops, according to Jalal, “arrested 13 IS members and took them to the police station for investigations ahead of being sent to court.”
Iraqi officer killed, two army soldiers wounded in two bomb blasts in Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A police officer was killed, while two other soldiers of the Iraqi army were wounded in two bomb blasts, east of Mosul, a security source said on Sunday.
Speaking to Shafaq News website, the source said an officer was killed, while detonating a bomb in al-Quds district, east of Mosul.
Moreover, two army soldiers were injured as a bomb blast targeted a military patrol on the main road to Hammam al-Alil region, south of Mosul.
Islamic State members killed in confrontations against Federal Police, west of Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Several Islamic State members were killed in confrontations against Federal Police, west of Mosul City, a local official said on Sunday.
In remarks to the Kurdistan Democratic Party’s website, Kermanj Abdullah, head of the party’s branch in Makhmur, said “the confrontations took place when Federal Police troops from Makhmur were heading toward villages of Qarraj region. As they arrived, they were attacked by Islamic State members.”
As per preliminary information, “several Islamic State members were killed,” Abdullah said.
Two Islamic State members killed during confrontations in Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Two Islamic State members, who targeted a mayor in west of Mosul, through a bomb, were killed, the Interior Ministry said on Monday.
In a statement by the Security Media Center, Maj. Gen. Saad Maan said joint troops “backed by Nineveh police managed to kill two Islamic State members, who planted a bomb to target the mayor of al-Quds district.”
The militants, according to the statement, “were killed during confrontations in west of Mosul.”
Nine people killed in booby-trapped house in Mosul, once back from refugee camp
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A family, composed of nine people, was killed as their booby-trapped house exploded, west of Mosul, a security source from Nineveh police said on Monday.
“A family, composed of nine persons, was killed after they returned, this morning, from al-Jadaa refugee camp back to their house in al-Yabsat region in western Mosul. Their house, which was booby-trapped by Islamic State members, went off once they entered,” Cap. Ahmed Tawfiq, told BasNews.
Security troops, according to Tawfiq, “rushed to the blast spot and transferred the victims to forensic medicine department in Mosul.”