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Friday, February 6, 2015
ISIS Blows Up Church of Immaculate Virgin in Mosul
ISIS Blows Up Church of Immaculate Virgin in Mosul
Church of the Immaculate Virgin in Mosul, Iraq.According
to Rudaw, an Iraqi news agency, on February 2, security sources from
the Ninevah police district said that the Islamic State blew up the
Church of the Immaculate Virgin--one of the largest and oldest Chaldean
churches in the ancient section of Mosul.The security source
said: "The organization finished wiring the church with explosives this
morning and detonated it, leaving widespread destruction in the church
and neighboring buildings."
Prior to this, the old church -- which
stood on the foundation of what was the most ancient Christian church
in Mosul -- had withstood previous attacks by Islamic militants,
including a 2008 car bomb attack.
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