Street in the Western part of Mosul
The correspondent of the Arabic edition of the Agency Sputnik Sarah Noureddine and accompanying military came under fire in the West of the Iraqi city of Mosul. On Sunday, July 23, according to RIA Novosti.
“The soldier suffered five bullet wounds in the leg, back, and lost a finger. I only got scrapes and bruises all over my body while I was running to a safe place at the bottom of the school,” said Noureddine.
According to her, shot from rifles of the type M16 from the building of primary school At-Tahir in the old part of Mosul. Opened fire during the filming of the report on how to disarm mines in the residential district of al-Maidan near the main mosque An-Nuri.
The journalist managed to contact Iraqi military, and she was taken from the scene of the incident. The wounded were taken to the hospital.
On July 9 Prime Minister of Iraq Haider al-Abadi, declared the liberation of Mosul from the terrorists of the “Islamic state” (IG, a group banned in Russia). The operation, which involved army special forces, Federal police, rapid reaction forces, the Kurdish militia and Iraq’s Armed forces, began in October last year. Air support was provided by the aircraft of the international coalition headed by the USA.