Booby trap explosion kills eight at school in Iraqi village

Eight Iraqi forces have been killed in a booby trap blast near the northern city of Mosul.

Eight Iraqi forces have been killed in a booby trap blast near the northern city of Mosul.

Jabbar al-Maamuri, a commander in the Iraqi forces, said on Sunday that the attack was carried out at a school in the village of Majarine, which is located 20 kilometers (12 miles) west of Mosul.

More than a dozen others were injured. The school was being used as a training center and it had been booby-trapped by the Daesh Takfiri terrorists, the commander said.

The village was retaken from Daesh in early July as Iraqi forces closed in on Mosul.

The Sunday explosion is the latest example of dangers left behind by the retreating Daesh terrorists.