Incident Code
CI702
Incident Date
9 May 2017
Location
مشيرفة, Mosul, Meshrfa, Nineveh, Iraq
Geolocation
36.376753,
43.049025
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area
Geolocation
36.376753,
43.049025
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: December 15, 2024
(Previous Incident Code: I536)
A girl and a man were killed by mortar fire in western Mosul, according to local reports.
Sawlf Ateka posted on Facebook that a girl named Rama was killed by a mortar which landed on their home in the Meshrfa neighborhood of western Mosul. The attack wounded “all members of her family” as well.
Separately, Sawlf Ateka reported the death of a man named Khaled Abdel Wahab – identified as a nurse and father of two children – due to mortar fire in the same neighborhood.
Victims
Individuals
Rama
Child
female
killed
Khaled Abdel Wahab
Adult
male
Nurse and father of two children
killed
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported killed
2
1 Child, 1 Man
Civilians reported injured
2
Military Statements
U.S.-led Coalition Assessment
Suspected belligerent
U.S.-led Coalition
U.S.-led Coalition position on incident
Non credible / Unsubstantiated
Reason for non-credible assessment
No Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area
Civilian deaths conceded
None
Civilian injuries conceded
None
Stated location
near Meshrfa, Iraq
U.S.-led Coalition Strike Report
For May 8th-9th: “Near Mosul, six strikes engaged five ISIS tactical units and a sniper; destroyed 12 fighting positions, seven rocket-propelled grenade systems, four medium machine guns, three mortar systems, two VBIED facilitation areas, two front-end loaders, a sniper position, a weapons cache, an IED facility, a roadblock, a VBIED; damaged 13 ISIS supply routes, three fighting positions; and suppressed a mortar position.
U.S.-led Coalition Civilian Casualty Statement
2018-03-28
Original Source ↗
After a review of available information it was assessed that no Coalition strikes were conducted in the geographical area that correspond to the report of civilian casualties.
Unknown Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Unknown
Unknown position on incident
Not yet assessed