BAGHDAD, July 6 (UPI) -- An Iraqi military plane accidentally bombed civilians in Baghdad's Ni'riya neighborhood Monday, killing at least five.
The plane, a Russian-built Sukhoi fighter plane, was on its way to Al Salam Air Base near Baghdad after completing an airstrike mission against the Islamic State (IS) in western Iraq. A bomb, which was to have been dropped on IS targets, failed to release six times during the bombing run but detached from the plane as it flew over the residential neighborhood, a ministry of defense official said.