Mosul morgue workers struggle to cope with ‘river of blood’
The fridges are nearly full at the morgue in Mosul where the casualties of war with Islamic State are stored. So many bodies are brought in that the morgue workers struggle to identify and bury the dead fast enough to make space for the next batch that arrives with grim regularity, as the city's residents […]Isabel Coles writes for Reuters:
The fridges are nearly full at the morgue in Mosul where the casualties of war with Islamic State are stored.
So many bodies are brought in that the morgue workers struggle to identify and bury the dead fast enough to make space for the next batch that arrives with grim regularity, as the city's residents clear up after nine months of urban warfare.
The battle for Mosul is over, but the task of sorting out the dead is only just beginning.
