Incident Code
CI743
Incident Date
1 June 2017
Location
حي الزنجيلي, Mosul, Zinjili, Nineveh, Iraq
Geolocation
36.3502851,
43.1098795
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area
Geolocation
36.3502851,
43.1098795
Accuracy: Neighbourhood/area
Airwars Assessment
Last Updated: December 15, 2024
(Previous Incident Code: I563)
Local sources reported more than twenty civilians died – mostly children and women – after artillery shelling and/or an airstrike hit their houses in Zanjili neighbourhood, West Mosul. Among the victims were eleven members of one family. Most sources blamed Iraqi government forces for the shelling, while others did not say who was responsible.
Local Facebook page Sawlf Ateka reported that Hussein Abbas (see photo below) died in the “battle for the liberation of Zanjili’.
Presently no further details are known.
Key Information
Country
Military Actor
Civilian Harm Reported
Yes
Civilian Harm Status
Contested
Civilians reported killed
20
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
Insufficient information on the time and location
Civilian deaths conceded
None
Civilian injuries conceded
None
Stated location
near Zanjili, Iraq
Location accuracy
100 m
MGRS coordinate
37SFU324762
U.S.-led Coalition Strike Report
For May 31st-June 1st the Coalition publicly reported: “Near Mosul, Iraq, two strikes engaged two ISIS tactical units; destroyed two fighting positions, a heavy machine gun, a vehicle, and a VBIED; damaged a fighting position; and suppressed an ISIS tactical unit.”
U.S.-led Coalition Civilian Casualty Statement
2018-01-25
Original Source ↗
The report contains insufficient information of the time location and details to assess its credibility.
Iraq Government Forces Assessment
Suspected belligerent
Iraq Government Forces
Iraq Government Forces position on incident
Not yet assessed