Alwaght- Iraqi army has found a building used by the ISIS terrorist groups as prison for civilians of the northern city of Mosul.
During a search operation in the recently recaptured town of Hammam al-Alil, located south of the northern city of Mosul, the Iraqi forces makeshift prison used by the terrorists.
The facility was used by ISIS terrorists to lock up opponents and civilian dissents in the region, some witnesses told Reuters news agency.
The report quotes some witnesses as saying that they recall dozens of men being driven by the terrorist group to the prison in pickup trucks.
"This is a prison where the residents of the city who rose up against the Daesh were kept. They gathered the men who were part of the movement and others who were not, all the families, they hit them and forced them to come here, to this place," Reuters quoted Riyad Ahmad Thaer, a resident of Hammam al-Alil as saying.
The developments come a day after Iraqi forces completely retook control of the town of Hammam al-Alil. Iraqi forces however on Monday continued to search the town for Improvised Explosive Devices (IED) and any remaining militants.
Meanwhile reports appear about the forceful relocation of civilians from nearby villages to be used as human shields against the Iraqi army.
UN human rights spokeswoman, Ravina Shamdasani, said in late October that ISIS terrorists had abducted tens of thousands of civilians from near Mosul to use them as human shields.
The Iraqi army along with volunteer forces and Peshmerga has launched a comprehensive operation to liberate Mosul from ISIS, on 17 October. The forces have closed in on the mainland of the Mosul while some units of the Special Forces have entered the city itself.
The city is considered the last stronghold for ISIS and liberating it could mean a victory over the terrorist group in Iraq.
