Bomb classes and gun counts: trauma of Mosul children under Islamic State

Schoolchildren react to the camera as they attend class after registering in school in Mosul, Iraq, January 23, 2017. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

MOSUL, Iraq (Reuters) - Schools in the east of the Iraqi city of Mosul are seeking to return to a semblance of normality after two years under Islamic State rule when they were either shuttered or forced to teach a martial curriculum that included lessons in bombmaking.

Around 40,000 students - most of whom have been kept at home by their parents since the militants captured Mosul in 2014 - will attend around 70 schools in the coming weeks after the buildings have been checked for unexploded bombs.