Geolocation
Airwars assessment
In an incident not previously tracked by Airwars, the Coalition later confirmed the death of a civilian in an event near Mosul.
Their June 2017 civilian casualty report noted: “During a strike on an ISIS mortar team egressing their firing position, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed by a secondary explosion caused when the target vehicle was hit.”
The Coalition provided Airwars with the location for this incident, accurate to within a one metre box. The location given placed the event at Iqtishadeen.
The local time of the incident is unknown.
Summary
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Media
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US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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April 4, 2017, near Mosul, Iraq, via self-report: During a strike on an ISIS mortar team egressing their firing position, it was assessed that one civilian was unintentionally killed by a secondary explosion caused when the target vehicle was hit.
Original strike reports
For April 3rd-4th the Coalition publicly reported: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and an ISIS machine gun team; destroyed five fighting positions, two VBIED factories, a weapons facility, and an anti-air artillery system; damaged three supply routes and three fighting positions; and suppressed four ISIS mortar teams, two ISIS tactical units, and an ISIS artillery team.”