Geolocation
Airwars assessment
As many as 22 civilians were reported killed, and 29 injured, in airstrikes by an unspecified party in eastern Mosul according to local media.
Citing a local source, Shafaaq reported that five people were killed and four others wounded after an “unidentified warplane” opened fire from it’s “machine gun” in southeast Mosul.
One relative posted on Facebook that their cousin, Younis Hassan Abdullah al-Badrani was killed along with 10 family members in an aerial bombardment.
Iraqi Spring Media Center reported a total of 22 civilian deaths and 29 injuries, “mostly women and children” in Coalition airstrikes on the eastern side of Mosul.
According to Team Correspondents, the deaths occurred in “Mushayrifa, New Mosul and Hermat and Ma’moon neighborhoods.”
Buzzfeed reported in 2017 that 15 civilians died in an event at Mamun:
“Neighborhood: Hay al-Mamun
GPS Coordinates: 36.310611, 43.109528
Date and approximate time: January 3, 2017, around noon
Casualties: 15 civilians, including women and children.
Comments: Another targeted strike that seems to have been either a misfire or the result of bad intelligence/surveillance. Witnesses said kids were playing on the streets outside, there were women on the rooftops. Not clear what the target would have been. I believe this was two houses set close together.”
The incident occured around midday.
The victims were named as:
Geolocation notes (2) [ collapse]
The news outlet, Buzzfeed, published precise coordinates for an alleged civilian casualty incident in Mamoon (المأمون) area, for which the coordinates are 36.310611, 43.109528. However, on the same day, local reports reference strikes on multiple neighbourhoods: (الموصل الجدیدة) New Mosul 36.3323266, 43.1050515, (مشیرفة) Meshrfa: 36.376753, 43.049025 and (الهرمات) Haramat: 36.3635566, 43.0702686.
Summary
Sources (8) [ collapse]
Media
from sources (1) [ collapse]
-
Younis Hassan Abdullah Al Badrani, killed in an alleged Coalition airstrike on the Domiz neighbourhood, Mosul, January 3rd (Facebook)
Attached to this civilian harm incident is a provisional reconciliation of the Pentagon's declassified assessment of this civilian harm allegation, based on matching date and locational information.
The declassified documents were obtained by Azmat Khan and the New York Times through Freedom of Information requests and lawsuits filed since March 2017, and are included alongside the corresponding press release published by the Pentagon. Airwars is currently analysing the contents of each file, and will update our own assessments accordingly.
US-led Coalition Assessment:
Civilian casualty statements
-
After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area of the reported civilian casualties.
Original strike reports
For January 2nd-3rd publicly stated: “Near Mosul, three strikes engaged three ISIL tactical units; destroyed three buildings, a heavy machine gun, two mortars, a piece of engineering equipment, a VBIED, and a front-end loader; damaged 17 supply routes; and suppressed four mortar teams.”