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Civilian dead, four wounded as mortar shell lands on northern Baghdad area

 Civilian dead, four wounded as mortar shell lands on northern Baghdad area

Mortar shelling. File photo.

Mortar shelling.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A civilian killed and four others were injured on Sunday when a mortar missile landed near a house in northern Baghdad, according to police sources.

The rocket hit a residential area in Shatt al-Taji, north of the capital, police forces were quoted as saying.

Nobody has claimed responsibility for the shelling, but Islamic State militants have said
they had been responsible for several bloody explosions and attacks that hit the capital in the past months, leaving casualties among civilians and security troops.

The United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI) says violence in the country left nearly 392 dead and 613 injured, excluding security members, during February. Baghdad was the second most affected province with 120 deaths and 300 injuries, according to the organization’s monthly casualty count.

Some observers believe Islamic State have begun to escalate attacks outside the city of Mosul, where the group has been losing ground and personnel since October, so as to relieve pressure by government forces on that front and to divert attention from group losses.

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