Iraqi troops finds grave of 8 executed by IS in Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi forces found a grave containing the relics of eight people executed by Islamic State militants in Mosul, a security source was quoted saying on Wednesday.
The Iraqi Media News Agency quoted the source saying that the Federal Police troops found the grave in al-Tayaran district in western Mosul.
He said the grave contained the relics of eight young people executed by the militants with shots in the head. Most of the bodies were decomposed, according to the source.
Iraqi forces arrest Islamic State informant in Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi forces arrested an individual in the city of Mosul for colluding with Islamic State militants, a security source was quoted saying on Wednesday as troops continue the hunt for sleeper cells after the group’s defeat.
Iraqi Almaalomah website quoted the source as saying that the individual was arrested in Sumer district in eastern Mosul and was transferred to a security quarter for interrogation. The source said troops reached him after obtaining information from citizens
Iraqi couple wounded in house bomb explosion in Mosul
Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – An Iraqi couple was wounded Wednesday in a house bomb explosion in Mosul city, a security source was quoted as saying.
“An explosive charge planted by Islamic State militants inside a house in the Old City of Mosul went off, injuring a man and his wife, who arrived at the city earlier to inspect their home,” the source told Knooz Media.
“A security force rushed to the blast site and carried the couple to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source said, stressing that thousands of landmines planted by Islamic State militants in the Old City are still posing a threat to residents.
Policeman killed in bomb explosion, U.S-Coalition bombards Islamic State locations in Mosul
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A policeman was killed in a bomb explosion that took place in south of Mosul, a security source was quoted saying on Tuesday.
“A bomb targeting a patrol of local police exploded in Hammam al-Alil, south of Mosul, leaving a policeman killed,” the source told Mawazin News.
In related news, the U.S.-led Coalition jets shelled on Tuesday locations of Islamic State members in south of Mosul, Shafaq News reported.
A security source said the coalition’s jets and artillery bombarded, from Qayyarah base, some IS locations in al-Mareer village, south of Mosul.
Meanwhile, BasNews quoted other sources as saying that IS members returned to some regions in south of Mosul.