Fight Against IS: 484 civilians killed since mid-2014

Attacks on Islamic State group targets by US-led coalition forces have killed 484 civilians since mid-2014, the US military reported Friday.

The Operation Inherent Resolve coalition added 132 civilians to the total in its April report, including 105 who died when a US aircraft dropped a bomb on an IS sniper target in west Mosul on March 17.

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The bomb inadvertently set off a large cache of explosives, collapsing a building on top of civilians sheltering below.