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Remaining civilians flee booby-trapped, sniper-infested west Mosul

As Iraqi forces clear the recently liberated Zinjili neighborhood in western Mosul, the civilians who are finally leaving now find themselves caught in the crossfire.
Civilians make their way next to destroyed cars in western Mosul, Iraq June 12, 2017. REUTERS/Alkis Konstantinidis      TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY - RTS16PUG

MOSUL, Iraq — Civilians who had remained under siege in Islamic State-held areas of the city for months have flooded the streets of Mosul's Zinjili neighborhood in recent days, many injured and separated from family members as they ran to evade snipers’ bullets.

Capt. Haider Kareem Sabri, deputy commander of first regiment of the federal police’s sixth division, told Al-Monitor that the first "corridor" to get civilians out of the area was abandoned June 1 due to too many IS snipers and that a backup one was now being used instead.

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