Sputnik correspondent comes under fire in Mosul
Published 23 Jul, 2017 16:31 | Updated 19 Mar, 2018 09:51A correspondent for Sputnik’s Arab news desk, Sara Nureddin, has come under fire in western Mosul. An Iraqi soldier accompanying her received five gunshot wounds.
The incident occurred in the al-Maydan district near the ruins of the iconic Great Mosque of al-Nuri. The correspondent came under fire while filming a demining operation.
“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 told Sputnik.
“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,” the correspondent said.
The correspondent and the soldier were later evacuated from the area by Iraqi counter-terrorism units.
“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 said.
