Islamic State shelling on east of Mosul leaves 13 casualties
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Nineveh (IraqiNews.com) A source in Nineveh Police revealed on Saturday, that 13 civilians were either killed or wounded in a shelling launched by the Islamic State, east of Mosul.
Captain Amir Wathiq said in a press statement, “The Islamic State group shelled houses in Hayy al-Jazair with three Katyusha rockets.”
“The shelling resulted in the killing of four civilians, and injury of 9 others,” Wathiq explained.
“Ambulances evacuated the wounded to hospitals and medical centers in Mosul, and the bodies to the forensic medicine department,” Wathiq further added.