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Sputnik Correspondent Sarah Nureddin Comes Under Fire in Iraq's Mosul

© AFP 2023 / AHMAD AL-RUBAYEMembers of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) advance towards the Grand Mosque of Nuri in the Old City of Mosul on June 29, 2017, during the ongoing offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the last district still held by the Islamic State (IS) group
Members of the Iraqi Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) advance towards the Grand Mosque of Nuri in the Old City of Mosul on June 29, 2017, during the ongoing offensive by Iraqi forces to retake the last district still held by the Islamic State (IS) group - Sputnik International
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Sputnik Correspondent Sarah Nureddin has come under fire in the west of Iraq's Mosul, sustaining bruises. The Iraqi soldier who was escorting her was injured.

Nureddin, a correspondent for Sputnik Arabic, was attacked while filming a demining operation in the residential district next to the Great Mosque of al-Nuri.

"The attacker had a M16-type rifle and was located in a small room with a hole in the roof in a primary school in the old part of Mosul," Nureddin said.

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As a result of the assault, Nureddin was bruised and an Iraqi soldier who was escorting her was seriously wounded.

"The soldier received five injuries in the leg, back and lost a finger. I suffered bruises, while running to a safe place in the basement of the school," Nureddin explained.

The reporter noted that the gunman continued to shoot after those injured hid in the burnt cars in the school's backyard. Nureddin suggested that the attacker was a sniper.

The correspondent was taken from the scene by the units of Iraqi counter-terror forces.

"We were delivered to a hospital of al-Nuri mosque where we received first aid. The serviceman was sent to a US hospital, where bullets were extracted from his body after which he will be sent to Baghdad for treatment," the correspondent concluded.

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