Airwars assessment
At least 21 civilians including 13 children reportedly died after an alleged night time Coalition strike on an abandoned factory in Mosul, which was being used by Daesh. The Coalition later said it had targeted an ‘ISIL weapons production facility’ in the city. This may also have been linked to the terror group’s chemical weapons programme according to a later report by the New York Times.
The US admitted seven months later that it had killed 10 civilians in the attack – at the time the highest ever publicly acknowledged civilian toll from a strike: “Near Mosul, Iraq, on strike against an ISIL weapons production facility it is assessed that 10 civilians were killed.”
According to NRN News “the Coalition targeted an old industrial plant in eastern Mosul, killing 10 Daesh militants… Our correspondent also said that the bombing killed and wounded more than 20 civilians from displaced families from western Sunni areas, who were living in the buildings.”
Hamrin News later named some of the victims.
In a Daesh propaganda video issued four months later, UK journalist John Cantile gave the death toll as 24, reporting from the site: “These were shops, houses and small markets. 24 people were killed, two entire families were wiped out and the houses of one of those families… is just a crater.”
The local time of the incident is unknown.
The victims were named as:
Family members (3)
- Ali Fathi Zeidan Al- Manaawi Adult male (via NRN News) killed
- wife of Ali Fathi Zeidan Al- Manaawi Adult female (via NRN News) killed
- Daughter of Ali Fathi Zeidan Child female (via NRN News) killed
Family members (8)
- Hussein Ali Fathi Zeidan Adult male (via NRN News) killed
- Wife of Hussein Ali Fathi Zeidan Adult female (via NRN News) killed
- Child 1 of Hussein Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
- Child 2 of Hussein Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
- Child 3 of Hussein Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
- Child 4 of Hussein Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
- Child 5 of Hussein Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
- Child 6 of Hussein Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
Family members (5)
- Hassan Ali Fathi Zeidan Adult male (via NRN News) killed
- Wife of Hassan Ali Fathi Zeidan Adult female (via NRN News) killed
- Child 1 Hassan Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
- Child 2 Hassan Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
- Child 3 Hassan Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
Family members (5)
- Ghazala Ali Fathi Zeidan Adult female (via NRN News) killed
- Husband of Ghazala Ali Fathi Zeidan Adult male (via NRN News) killed
- Child 1 of Ghazala Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
- Child 2 Ghazala Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
- Child 3 Ghazala Ali Fathi Zeidan Child (via NRN News) killed
Summary
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Geolocation notes
The MGRS provided by the Coalition placed this incident at 36.3457, 43.08219
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
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On a strike against an ISIL weapons production facility it is assessed that 10 civilians were killed.
Original strike reports
For March 5th-6th 2016 the Coalition reported that “Near Mosul, two strikes struck an ISIL weapons production facility and destroyed an ISIL vehicle borne improvised explosive device (VBIED).“