Mosul civilian first to be compensated for mistaken coalition bombing
by Daniel Boffey in Brussels from World news | The Guardian on (#57Y1X)
Netherlands makes offer to Basim Razzo, who lost wife, daughter, brother and nephew when home wrongly identified as Isis HQ
An Iraqi man who lost his wife, daughter, brother and nephew in an airstrike after US intelligence misidentified his home as an Islamic state headquarters, is believed to be the first civilian awarded compensation by coalition forces.
Basim Razzo, 61, who cannot walk because of his injuries, has been made a voluntary offer" of nearly 1m by the Dutch government, whose F16 jets were responsible for the attack near the city of Mosul five years ago.
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