Four children injured in bomb blast outside Mosul medical complex
Nineveh (Iraqinews.com) – Four children were wounded Monday as a bomb exploded outside a medical complex in the Christian town of Bartella, east of Mosul, a security source was quoted as saying.
Speaking to Shafaq News website, the source said, “An explosive charge believed to be planted by Islamic State (IS) militants went off while four children were playing outside a medical complex at the Christian-majority Bartella town in eastern Mosul.”
“The explosion left the four children injured,” according to the source.
Bartella, largely inhibited by Christians, was emptied from inhabitants when the IS group seized the town in August 2014. After controlling the town, IS ordered the Christians to pay a tax, convert to Islam, or die by the sword, prompting the residents to flee the town.
Three Islamic State members arrested in operation, west of Mosul: Commander
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State members were arrested in an operation carried out in west of Mosul, Nineveh, a commander announced on Monday.
In a statement, Maj. Gen. Hamad Names al-Jabouri, commander of Nineveh Police, said, “Police troops managed, this evening, through checkpoints, to arrest three Islamic State members in west of Mosul.”