The Peshmerga fighters were meeting less resistance than expected although there were thought to be some 60 Islamic State snipers inside the town, local commander Muhannad Sinjari said earlier.
Kurdu zemessargi saskārušies ar mazāku džihādistu pretestību, nekā gaidīts, taču domājams, ka pilsētā atrodas aptuveni 60 "Islāma valsts" snaiperu, pavēstīja vietējais komandieris.