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Mosul clearance continues: turbans burn 12 houses, 2 innocents kaboomed by cycle of violence
Islamic State militants set fire to 12 houses in MosulBaghdad (IraqiNews.com) – An Iraqi security source said on Saturday that the Islamic State terrorist group burned several houses at a village in Mosul city. “Islamic State terrorists have set fire to 12 houses at the village of Tel Rumman in western Mosul, and then fled the scene into an unknown location,” the source told Alsumaria News TV channel. The source explained that the security forces cordoned off the area and took strict measures. Last week, an Iraqi mayor and five of his family were killed by Islamic State militants at the same village. The mayor was living at one of the burned houses. The mayor’s wife and one of his relatives were moved to a Mosul hospital, suffering from sever wounds. Booby-trap blast leaves 2 people wounded in Iraq’s Mosul Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Two people were wounded Saturday in a booby-trap explosion in Mosul, northern Iraq, the former capital of Islamic State militancy. Iraqi security media reported that two people were wounded in a booby-trapped motorbike explosion in Dawasa district, western Mosul, in which the statement labelled a terrorist attack. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-05-19 |
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