IS women suicide bombers hit in Mosul

A SUICIDE BOMBER DRESSED IN A WOMAN’S ROBE KILLED AT LEAST 14 PEOPLE AT A CAMP FOR DISPLACED PEOPLE IN THE WESTERN PROVINCE OF ANBAR.

MOSUL:The Islamic State group is striking back as Iraqi forces are on the cusp of full victory in Mosul, sending women suicide bombers to target soldiers as the battle for the country’s secondlargest city nears its end.

At least 15 people were killed in the latest assaults across Iraq, officials said on Monday.

In Mosul’s Old City neighbourhood, the scene of IS’ last stand where soldiers are fast closing in on the last remaining pocket of militants two women suicide bombers, hiding among a group of fleeing civilians, targeted Iraqi troops, killing one soldier and wounding several others.

And at a camp for displaced people in Iraq’s western Anbar province, a suicide bomber dressed in a woman’s all- covering robe killed 14 on Sunday evening, a provincial official said.

After days of fierce battles, the militant-held territory in Mosul is rapidly shrinking, with IS now controlling just over 1 sq km in all, or about 0.40 square miles.

Using women as suicide bombers is apparently the latest tactic by the militants, Sgt.Ali Abdullah Hussein told AP. “They appeared from the basement (of a building) and they blew themselves up,” Hussein said of the two women bombers. The attack happened in the area of the destroyed al-Nuri Mosque, which was the focus of the Iraqi forces’ push last week.