A United Nations agency said it has discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul's iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by Islamic State group jihadists, during restoration work in the northern Iraqi city.Five "large-scale explosive devices, designed to trigger a massive destruction of the site," we...

A United Nations agency said it has discovered five bombs in a wall of Mosul’s iconic Al-Nuri mosque, planted years ago by Islamic State group jihadists, during restoration work in the northern Iraqi city.

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  • someguy3@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    Article doesn’t say why they weren’t exploded, only that a wall was rebuilt to hide them.