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Mosul clearance continues: 23 turbans tied up, 3 innocent corpses found where turbans flung ‘em
 23 Islamic State fighters, including Zakat collector, arrested in Mosul Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi Interior Ministry announced on Monday that security forces had arrested 23 members of Islamic State, including a senior leader, in Mosul city. "Nineveh police forces arrested 23 Islamic State fighters, including a senior commander who was responsible for collecting Zakat from residents in southern Mosul," Iraqi website Baghdad Today quoted spokesman for the interior ministry Maj. Gen. Saad Maan as saying in a press statement. "The terrorists were apprehended in al-Quds district in Mosul's eastern side," added the spokesman. Bodies of three civilians, executed by Islamic State, found, west of Mosul Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Three decayed bodies of civilians, executed by Islamic State, were found, west of Nineveh, a security source from the province said on Monday. Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said, "security troops found, in the evening, three decayed bodies of people executed by Islamic State during its control on Mosul city. The militants threw the bodies inside a wastewater station in west of Mosul." "Security troops transferred the bodies to forensic medicine department," the source, who preferred anonymity, said without giving further details. Posted by: trailing wife 2018-07-24 |
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