Mosul, Iraq - At least 16 people were killed Friday in car
bombings in the eastern section of Mosul in northern Iraq, weeks
after it was recaptured from the Islamic State extremist militia,
security and health officials said.
The fatalities were 10 civilians and six security personnel, they
added.
The attacks took place in three different areas of eastern Mosul that
Iraqi forces, backed by a US-led air power, retook from Islamic State
last month.
So far, there has been no claim of responsibility for the bombings.
Islamic State previously took credit for similar attacks in Iraq.
Iraqi forces are bracing themselves for a new offensive aimed at
liberating the western part of Mosul that is still under Islamic
State's control.
The al-Qaeda splinter group seized large chunks of Iraq's territory,
including Mosul, in a 2014 blitz.