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Mosul clearance continues: tortured imam, mayor stunned, 4 cops killed, 20 turbans bound
 Iraqi army officer interrogated for fatal torture of Mosul imam Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi army command in Nineveh province is interrogating an officer for torturing a mosque’s imam in the city of Mosul to death, a senior commander was quoted saying. BasNews quoted Maj. Gen. Najm al-Jubouri, Nineveh Operations commander, saying Tuesday that an officer from the 20th division tortured to death an imam from Mosul’s al-Islah al-Zeraee “in a way that violated the military code and human rights”. According to Jubouri, “the officer has been remanded into custody preparing for his referral to a military trial after pleadings from the deceased’s relatives”. He did not mention the reason of the officer’s conduct, but Abu Bakr Kanaan, head of the Sunni Endowment Diwan in Nineveh, told Anadolu Agency on Monday that the imam declared through the mosque’s loudspeakers traffic instructions dictated by a security force assigned to a neighboring district, which presumably enraged the officer and prompted him to arrest and brutally beat the preacher to death. Since it launched an offensive to retake areas occupied by Islamic State militants since 2014, Iraqi forces, especially the Shia Popular Mobilization Forces, faced accusations from local and international rights groups that they committed human rights violations against civilians of the opposite religious sects at areas recaptured from the militants, especially in Nineveh. The government has repeatedly rebuffed the accusations and reiterated it ensures to investigate any breaches. Mayor wounded in stun grenade blast in Mosul: Source Mosul (IraqiNews.com) A mayor of a residential region was wounded as a stun grenade exploded in west of Mosul, a security source was quoted saying on Tuesday. Speaking to Alghad Press, the source said, “mayor of al-Bakr district was visiting mayor of al-Ta’meem district, when a stun grenade went off, leaving him injured.” “The injured was taken to hospital for treatment, while security troops conducted investigations,” the source added. Four policemen killed, twenty IS State members arrested in Mosul Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Four policemen, including an officer, were killed in an attack launched by Islamic State members, south of Mosul, an Iraqi security source from Nineveh said on Tuesday. Speaking to DPA, the source said, “security troops invaded al-Shura region, 20 kilometers south of Mosul, in the wake of attack launched by IS members that left a police officer and three policemen killed. In related news, Maj.Gen. Hamad Names al-Jabouri, commander of Nineveh Police, announced arrested twenty IS members in an operation in western Mosul. In a statement, Jabouri said “Nineveh police managed today, during an operation, to arrest 20 IS members in Souq al-Maash region, west of Mosul.” Posted by: trailing wife 2018-03-21 |
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