40 ISIS militants including suicide bombers killed south of Mosul
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(IraqiNews.com) Nineveh – A source in Nineveh Liberation Operations Command announced on Saturday, that 40 members of the so-called ISIS were killed during separate security operations in different regions south of Mosul, while indicated that the dead ISIS members included six suicide bombers and a senior leader.
The source said in a statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “A force from the army’s 15th brigade managed to kill 23 ISIS members by an artillery shelling in the district of Makhmur south of Mosul,” adding that, “Another security force from the same brigade foiled an attack carried out by six suicide bombers on the front lines of the security forces south of Mosul, killing the six suicide bombers.”
The source also pointed out, “12 ISIS fighters were also killed near the village of al-Nasar south of Mosul.”