Three civilians killed as booby-trapped house explodes in Sinjar
Debris of houses detonated by the Islamic State in Mosul.
In press remarks, Khairi Ziban, member of Sinjar council, said a family was killed as they went back to their house in Sinjar before being cleared of explosives. They were unaware that Islamic State booby-trapped houses of civilians to harm them as they return back to their areas after being freed.
Ziban added that the such accident is not the first, as several similar accident occurred before leaving many killed.
Violence in the country has surged further with the emergence of Islamic State Sunni extremist militants who proclaimed an “Islamic Caliphate” in Iraq and Syria in 2014.
A monthly count by the United Nations Assistance Mission in Iraq (UNAMI), which excludes security members deaths, said 297 Iraqis, were killed and injured due to violence and armed conflicts during the month of ِAugust. Baghdad was the most affected province with 45 deaths and 135 injuries.
The capital has seen almost daily bombings and armed attacks against security members, paramilitary groups and civilians since the Iraqi government launched a wide-scale campaign to retake IS-occupied areas in 2016. While most of of the explosions and attacks went without a claim of responsibility, Islamic State has claimed several incidents.
Despite the group’s defeat in its main havens across Iraqi provinces, observers believe the group may still constitute a security threat.