Alwaght- ISIS terrorist group has used chemical weapons to attack targets in Iraqi northern city of Mosul as the army advances.
The terrorists fired mortars containing chemical agents at civilian areas south of Mosul killing at least three people on Saturday.
The mortar shells fired at the Sharqat district contained chlorine gas. Terrorist group is reported to have fired at least fifteen of such weapons.
An unnamed Iraqi security source told Iraq’s War Media Cell that the victims of the incident are all members of a family. Two others were also wounded in the attack.
The attack comes days after New York-based Human Rights Watch warned against the use of toxic chemicals by ISIS terrorists in areas near Mosul as the terror outfit is making desperate attempts to keep its last stronghold in Iraq in the face of a large-scale liberation operation there.
“The use of toxic chemicals as a means of warfare is a serious threat to civilians and combatants in and around the embattled city of Mosul, and is a war crime,” HRW said.
Lama Fakih, Deputy Middle East Director at Human Rights Watch saying the use of such banned arms show “a brutal disregard for human life,” adding that as the terrorists keep fleeing the areas under their control, “they have been repeatedly attacking and endangering the civilians they left behind.”
