Residents of the Iraqi city of Mosul said up to 30 civilians died in an airstrike on a district held by ISIS this week.
Locals said they saw at least three missiles hit the western Mosul al-Jadida area on Thursday, in a raid that appeared to target the house of senior militant Harbi Abdel Qader.
He was not in the building at the time, but several members of his family died, one resident said late on Friday.
Reuters could not verify the accounts independently.
The witnesses said it was not immediately clear if the attack was carried out by the U.S.-led coalition fighting ISIS, or by Iraqi forces that have been making advances against the militants in the city.
Areas of Mosul west of the river Tigris, which bisects the city from north to south, are still controlled by the ultra-hardline militant group.
Almost all of the east has been recaptured by U.S.-backed Iraqi forces who are fighting to drive the militants out of the city, ISIS's last major stronghold in Iraq.
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