"The Daesh militants electrocuted on Thursday 22 civilians in the center of Mosul on charges of collaboration with security forces and [Kurdish] Peshmerga fighters… the IS militants were holding these civilians in a Mosul prison for nearly four months," a source told Alsumaria television broadcaster.
On October 17, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider Abadi announced the start of a military operation to retake Mosul from Daesh, a terrorist group outlawed in Russia and a number of other states.
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According to local media, about 30,000 Iraqi soldiers and 4,000 Kurdish Peshmerga fighters are taking part in the operation, backed by airstrikes carried out by the US-led international coalition.
Earlier in the day, US Central Command's Gen. Joseph Votel said that estimated 800-900 Daesh militants had been killed since the beginning of the Mosul offensive.
