Iraqi Soldiers Find ISIL Prison for Izadi Women in Western Mosul

Rasa - Iraqi army soldiers discovered a detention facility in the Western flank of Mosul, which members of the ISIL Takfiri terrorist group used to incarcerate women from the Izadi minority group.

News ID: 430288

Date: 12 June 2017 - 22:15

RNA - Iraq's Ministry of Defense, in a statement released on Sunday, announced that the government forces found the prison in the recently-liberated 17th Tammuz neighborhoods of Mosul, North of the capital Baghdad, presstv reported.

A military official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the building also incorporated a so-called judicial tribunal, where army soldiers could recover dozens of classified papers.

The official added that the ISIL had installed a comprehensive CCTV surveillance system across the building for the principal purposes of keeping an eye on the movements of the female detainees.

An unnamed commander announced that the ISIL militants had set up the prison in the 17th Tammuz neighborhood as they never thought army soldiers would recapture the area.

The Iraqi forces took control of Eastern Mosul in January after 100 days of fighting, and launched the battle in the West on February 19.

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