iraqi military downplays body count in mosul air strike
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Iraqi military downplays body count in Mosul air strike

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A man grieves for his loved ones found dead in the rubble of a destroyed home after coalition
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Iraqi’s military said on Sunday 61 bodies were recovered from a collapsed building that Daesh booby-trapped in west Mosul, but there was no sign it had been hit by a coalition strike although a large vehicle bomb was discovered nearby.

The military statement differed from reports by witnesses and local officials that as many as 200 bodies had been pulled from a collapsed building after a coalition strike last week targeted Daesh militants and equipment in Al Jadida district area.

What happened on March 17 remains unclear and details are difficult to confirm as Iraqi forces battle with Daesh to recapture the densely populated parts of the western half of Mosul, the militant group’s last stronghold in Iraq.

But the incident highlights the complexity of fighting in west Mosul, where militants hide among families, using them as shields and putting at risk as many as half a million people still caught in Daesh-held areas.

The US-led coalition backing Iraqi forces on Saturday said it carried out a strike on Daesh militants and equipment in the area of the reported deaths, but it was still investigating. It did not give figures for any casualties or details on targets

The Iraqi military command said witnesses had told troops that the building was booby-trapped and militants had forced residents inside basements to use them as human shields. Daesh terrorists had also fired on troops from houses, it said.

A coalition air strike had hit the area, but a military team had not found any sign the collapsed building had been hit.

“A team of military experts from field commanders checked the building where the media reported that the house was completely destroyed. All walls were booby-trapped and there is no hole that indicates an air strike,” it said.

“Sixty-one bodies were evacuated,” the statement said.

Its figures were lower than other local officials. A local municipal official said on Saturday 240 bodies had been pulled from the rubble. A local lawmaker and two witnesses say a coalition air strike may have targeted a large truck bomb, triggering a blast that collapsed buildings.

Ghazwan Al Dawoodi, head of local Nineveh governate human rights council, said his team had made a field visit and said 173 people were killed after militants forced them into a bunker, and opened fire on gunships to prompt an air strike.

In its sixth month, the battle to recapture Mosul is now focused on the Old City and the Al Nuri mosque, where Daesh leader declared his so-called caliphate three years ago after the terrorist group swept through parts of Iraq and Syria.

Iraqi forces have retaken east of the Mosul and half of the west across the Tigris River that divides Iraq’s second city.

But thousands of people are fleeing each day to escape fighting and increasingly difficult conditions inside

source : gulfnews

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