Islamic State militants kill 3 Iraqis in shoot-and-run attack in Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State militants killed three Iraqi civilians in an attack in the group’s former capital, Mosul, security sources were quoted saying in Saturday.
Shafaq News website quoted the source saying that militants sneaked into Asaadiya, a village north of Hatra, south of Mosul, killed three civilians, and fled through al-Jazirah desert.
Interior Ministr: 9 Islamic State members arrested, west of Mosul
Mosul (IraqiNews.com) The Iraqi Interior Ministry has announced arresting nine Islamic State members in west of Mosul city.
In a statement by the ministry’s Security Media Center on Saturday, Maj. Gen. Saad Maan, spokesperson for the center, said “information collected by the intelligence enabled Nineveh police to arrest nine militants in regions of Sumar, Adan, al-Zahraa and al-Arbjiya, west of Mosul.”
The militants, according to the statement, “included fighters in the so-called Soldiers Department, who took part in battles against security personnel. Two others worked for the group’s so-called Hisbah (vigilantism) while the group was in control of the city.”