IS shells 2 areas south of Mosul, 20 casualties
A man runs through the debris after a mortar shell hit a street.
Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A Police Officer informed on Wednesday, that 20 civilians were either killed or wounded in a mortar shelling launched by the Islamic State group on the liberated areas, south of Mosul.
Captain Amir Wathiq said that seven civilians were killed and 13 others were wounded in a mortar attack launched by the Islamic State on the areas of al-Jawsak and al-Dindan, south of Mosul.
Security forces rushed to the areas of incident, while ambulances transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital and the bodies to the forensic medicine department, Wathiq added.
Iraq is witnessing an extraordinary security situation, where ongoing military operations take place to drive out the Islamic State, while the US-led international coalition intensifies its air strikes on the group’s headquarters.