IS blow up the central library in Mosul
The militants of Islamic State extremist organization have
blown up the central library in the second largest city of Iraq — Mosul,
located 400 km north-west of the capital Baghdad, the Arab online newspaper
Elaph has reported.
Mosul has been under control of Islamic State armed groups
since July 2014, reports Tass.
The explosion caused strong fire, which spread to all areas
of the three-storey building, the director of Mosul library Ghanem at-Taan has
said.
The Islamic State militants started a fire of books and
manuscripts of the cultural heritage of Iraq in the courtyard of the library,
which was considered one of the oldest in the country.
In total, around 10 thousand books were destroyed, including
rare copies on culture, philosophy, Arab history, and hundreds of manuscripts.
According to eyewitnesses, the Islamic State purposefully destroys
libraries throughout the territory controlled by the group.
Thus, according to a member of the Board of Anbar province,
Adal al-Fahdaui, only during the last week the Islamic State radical destroyed
several libraries, burning more than 100 thousand books.
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