Story highlights Iraqi officer: A coalition airstrike killed dozens of civilians on March 17The US and Iraqi defense departments are investigatingMosul, Iraq (CNN) At least 112 bodies have been pulled from the site of a March 17 US-led coalition airstrike in Mosul, senior Iraqi health official Ahmed Dubardani said. The bodies, which were retrieved over the past three days, have been buried in western Mosul's al-Mamoun cemetery, he said. An coalition airstrike on an ISIS truck laden with explosives led to the deaths of dozens of civilians in Mosul, a senior Iraqi military officer said Sunday. A man mourns near the bodies of Iraqi residents killed in a March 17 airstrike in Mosul. Both the Iraqi and US defense departments launched investigations Saturday into airstrikes and civilian deaths between March 17 and 23.
Source: CNN March 27, 2017 11:42 UTC