Iraqi military official has explained that the invasion launched by US-led coalition on a Daesh truck laden with explosives led to the massacre of the civilians in the city of Mosul.
Iraqi official:
US raid on ISIL explosive-laden truck killed civilians in Mosul
27 Mar 2017 - 10:42
Iraqi military official has explained that the invasion launched by US-led coalition on a Daesh truck laden with explosives led to the massacre of the civilians in the city of Mosul.
On Thursday, Iraq's Kurdish-language Rudaw television network reported that 237 people had been killed in US-led coalition airstrikes on a Daesh-held neighborhood in western Mosul.
The report said 137 people died when a bomb hit a single building in al-Jadida district of western Mosul. Another 100 were killed nearby.
"When the (vehicle) was struck, it exploded, destroying one or two of the houses next to where families were hiding,” said the head of the Iraqi Counterterrorism Unit in Mosul, Colonel Muntathar Al-Shamari, on Sunday.
Chairman of the Nineveh Provincial Council, Bashar al Kiki, confirmed that at least 200 were killed in the attack.
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