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‘The only ones who lost’: Mosul is still digging out its dead six months after ISIS’ defeat

The crew gently digs around the dark, matted hair protruding from the rubble. As they pull away bits of debris, the stench of rotting flesh grows more pungent. "It's a girl," one of the recovery workers says, "and she has a stuffed animal with her." She is one of an estimated 10,000 people killed in […]

Salma Abdelaziz, Arwa Damon and Muwafaq Mohammed write for CNN:

The crew gently digs around the dark, matted hair protruding from the rubble. As they pull away bits of debris, the stench of rotting flesh grows more pungent.

"It's a girl," one of the recovery workers says, "and she has a stuffed animal with her."

She is one of an estimated 10,000 people killed in the nine-month long battle to recapture Iraq's second largest city from ISIS, according to Mosul's municipality chief Abdul Sattar al-Habbo.