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Suspected ISIS members kill at least one civilian, injure two in northern Iraq ambush
[Rudaw] Iraqi security forces said late Thursday that at least one civilian was killed and two others were injured by suspected Islamic State (ISIS) members. The shooting occurred on the Kirkuk-Tikrit highway in northern Iraq. “A civilian was martyred and two others injured in a live shooting as they were driving a Mercedes vehicles on al-Alm-Kirkuk way,” the Iraqi Security Media Cell said in a statement. Al-Alm is a city located in Saladin province. Saeed Ali Husseini, head of public relations for the Iranian-backed Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) Northern Front, told Rudaw that his organization, known to Iraqis as the Hashd al-Shaabi, suspects ISIS members to be behind the attack. “A number of armed people set an ambush on Tikrit-Kirkuk road...at 7pm Thursday evening, opening live fire on a passing vehicle which led to the death of four civilians,” he said, reporting a higher death toll than the Iraqi Security Media Cell’s official statement indicated. “The armed people are suspected to be affiliated to Daesh. The incident area is a distant place, located in Saladin province. Security forces have arrived there,” added Husseini. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-12-27 |
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