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Diyala Dead Guys Documented
 2 Kops die in bombing attack near JawlawlaDiyala (IraqiNews.com) Nine police personnel, including a commander, were killed and injured in a bomb blast in northeast of Diyala, an official was quoted saying on Wednesday. “A bomb went off, today, targeting police troops in al-Terfaya region, at the outskirts of Jalawla, northeastern Diyala,” Walhan al-Karwi, member of Jalawla municipal council, told Alghad Press. “The blast left two policemen killed and seven others, including a commander and another officer, wounded,” Karwi said. “The victims were taken to forensic medicine department, while the wounded were transferred to hospital for treatment.” Earlier on the day, a local source in Jalawla said seven policemen, including a commander, were killed and injured due to the blast. Diyala police launched earlier a wide scale military operation along with army troops to follow Islamic State remnants in Jalawla. 1 dead in small arms attack near Baqubah Diyala (IraqiNews.com) A civilian was killed, while a police conscript was injured in an armed attack, northeast of Diyala, a security source from the province said on Thursday. “A civilian and a conscript from customs police, who are from Jalawla region, were attacked by unidentified gunmen on the main road of Baqubah-Khanaqeen, northeastern Diyala,” the source told Alghad Press. The attack, according to the source, “left the civilian killed and the conscript profoundly wounded.” The victim was taken to forensic medicine department, while the injured was transferred to hospital. ISIS Bad Guys abduct 2 men near Baqubah Diyala (IraqiNew.com) Islamic State militants kidnapped two young men from a village in the north of Diyala province, a local official was quoted saying on Thursday. Mohamed Deif, mayor of al-Udhaim (63 km north of Baqubah), told Alsumaria News that the group kidnapped the pair late Wednesday from al-Safedj village, east of the region, and took them to an unknown destination. According to Deif, “Islamic State is still present at some pockets surrounding al-Udhaim, especially those extending along the Hamreen Mountains”. Some local officials had previously been quoted saying that Islamic State resorted to kidnapping and ransoms in the province as means to offset drained financial resources. 3 die in two separate small arms attack near Baqubah Diyala (Iraqinews.com) – Three people were killed on Wednesday in two separate armed attacks in northeastern Diyala, a security source was quoted as saying. Speaking to Alghad Press, the source said, “Unidentified gunmen shot two people dead outside a hospital in Miqdadiyah, about 30 km northeast of Baquba, the capital of Diyala.” “Also, an employee at the Roads and Bridges Department breathed his last after unknown gunmen opened fire at him at a village on the outskirts of Miqdadiyah,” the source added. Posted by: badanov 2018-01-19 |
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