Car Bombs Kill 23 in Former Daesh-Held Town Near Mosul: Iraq Army
TEHRAN (Tasnim) – A triple car bombing on a market killed at least 23 people Thursday in a town recently retaken from Daesh terror group near the extremists' final stronghold of Mosul, Iraq's army said.
"A terrorist attack in the form of three car bombs at a market in Gogjali killed 15 civilians and eight police," a coordination center for forces battling Daesh said in a statement.
Daesh claimed the attack, which the terrorist group said was carried out by three suicide bombers, AFP reported.
Gogjali, a few kilometers (miles) east of Mosul, was retaken by pro-government forces on Nov. 1, several weeks into a massive operation to recapture the last Iraqi city still under Daesh control.
Iraq's elite counter-terrorism service punched into Mosul from the east, but progress has since slowed and the battle is far from over.
Human Rights Watch has accused Daesh of targeting civilians trying to flee the violence with mortars, explosives and gunfire.
