Islamic State video: Life in Mosul is 'safe and normal'
Footage shot by Islamic State linked news agency Amaq purportedly shows "interviews with civilians" in Mosul city centre.
Tuesday 18 October 2016 23:16, UK
Footage has emerged of people in Mosul claiming the city is "safe and life is normal".
Islamic State-linked news agency Amaq, which posted the video online, claims the footage shows "interviews with civilians".
It was purportedly filmed as Iraqi and Kurdish forces began .
In the footage, a man says: "It is safe and life is normal. Satellite channels are lying. All their reports are lies."
Another adds: "The situation in Mosul is better than normal.
"It is normal and the movement is natural. Business is going on as usual.
"People are doing business. What they say in their satellite channels - they say what they want".
As well as "interviews" with people in the city, the footage shows bread being made at a bakery and shoppers at a vegetable market.
One man says: "The situation is good and people are outside. We went to the market."
On the first day of their advance to Mosul the Peshmerga took 80 square miles from Islamic State, according to the president of Iraq's Kurdish region.
The Pentagon said Iraqi forces were "ahead of schedule", but the commander of the US-led coalition warned that the operation "will likely continue for weeks, possibly longer".
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