Date: 17 March 2017

Location: Mosul, Iraq

Type of event: terrorism

Description:

ISIS terrorists held over 100 civilians in a building rigged with explosives, then had two snipers on the roof invite a U.S. airstrike which triggered the explosives; 101 killed in the building’s collapse plus 4 killed in neighboring buildings; 36 reported missing.

Consequences: 107 killed, 36 injured

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