Federal Police snipers kill 9 ISIS members near Mosul
A sniper. Representational photo.
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) Federal Police Command announced killing nine members of the Islamic State extremist group by its snipers’ fire, south of Mosul.
Federal Police Chief, Raed Shakir Jawdat, said in a press statement, “Today, Federal Police’s snipers regiment killed nine members of the Islamic State group in the outskirt of Umm al-Masa’id village.”
“Security forces also discovered a cache of weapons containing 6 improvised explosive devices, 134 mortar missiles, 11 rockets and 32 RBG missiles, west of Hamam al-Alil,” Jawdat added.
Joint security forces backed by Army Aviation and international coalition forces continue exercising efforts to retake the city of Mosul from the ISIS grip, within the offensive that was launched on October 2016, after the announcement of General Commander of Armed Forces Haider al-Abadi.