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Baghdad Bomb and Bullet Bulletin: 3 die
 1 dead in bomb attack in Tarmiya (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A blast on Thursday to the north of Baghdad killed at least one person and injured eight others. This was informed by a security source. Sharing details the source said, “The explosion occurred near a popular market in Tarmiya district.” It may be mentioned here that the security situation in Baghdad and its suburbs is tensed as quite often these areas are left shaken by random blasts and bombings. Iraqi forces seize munitions cache (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – Ministry of Interior announced that the security forces discovered a cache of weapons in Baghdad. Talking to the press Ministry spokesman Saad Moen said, “Apart from discovering a cache of weapons, the forces also arrested three persons wanted on charges of terrorism. The recovery and the arrests were made from several areas of Baghdad by the officials of Intelligence and Anti-Terrorism Directorates.” “The three persons were arrested from al-Rashidiya and al-Saleekh, north of Baghdad,” Moen further said, adding, “The cache was weapons was discovered from al-Latifiya, south of Baghdad.” 2 soldiers die in bombing attack in al-Latifiya (IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Ministry of Interior revealed that a bomb blast in southern Baghdad at noon today at least killed two soldiers and injured two others. Sharing further details the source informed, “A bomb exploded, before noon today, which was targeted at an army patrol while it was passing through al-Latifiya in southern Baghdad. Two soldiers were killed and two others were injured in the blast.” The source added, “Security forces rushed to the area and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital and the bodies of the deceased to the forensic department.” Posted by: badanov 2016-08-19 |
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