In Iraq, there was another bloody massacre. The school of El Vela in the west of Mosul was subjected to massive rocket fire. As a result of the attack, 81 people were killed, reports Anadolu.

The school is controlled by the militants of the "Islamic State" (IG, banned in Russia). Among the victims - 34 men, 29 women and 18 children, specified sources in the security structures of Iraq.

People hid in the building of the educational institution because of the ongoing fighting in the region between the Iraqi security forces and the IG. Precise data about which side struck the school, yet.

Earlier, on May 3, information was received that it would take five years and billions of dollars for the terrorist group Islamic State (IG, banned in the Russian Federation) to restore the Mosul, the western part of which is partially held by the IG militants,. This was expressed by a representative of the local council in the province of Ninewa, whose administrative center is Mosul, wrote Reuters. Initial repairs will cost $ 5 thousand. For each house, which would be a huge burden on the budget, insufficiently funded by the central government in Baghdad.

The city has been defending since October 2016. About 100,000 fighters of various formations, including the Iraqi army, the Shiite militia and the Kurds, can not recapture the city from 5,000 militants.

At the end of January, Iraqi government forces, backed by a coalition led by the United States, recaptured Eastern Mosul from terrorists. During the fighting to clean up this settlement from extremists, the airport, the railway station and the university were destroyed.

In February, it was reported that the commander of the combined forces of the international coalition against IG, Lieutenant-General Stefan Townsend, stated at the US military base in Baghdad that the main strongholds of the "Islamic state" - Mosul and Rakka - would be taken within six months.