Iraq: Attacks on Popular Mobilisation militia
Iraq: Attacks on Popular Mobilisation militia
Attacks on the Popular Mobilisation militia in Kirkuk and Baghdad kills and wounds several militia members while gunmen assassinate a captain in the Iraqi Army in Diyala province.
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Popular Mobilisation militias frequently clash with Islamic State group militants [AFP]
Several members of the Iraqi government-financed Popular Mobilisation militia have been killed or wounded in an artillery attack that targeted their positions in Kirkuk province in northern Iraq.
A source from Kirkuk police who preferred not to be named told al-Araby al-Jadeed that one member of the predominantly Shia Popular Mobilisation militia was killed and four others were wounded after several mortar shells fell on Al-Bashir village 25 km south of the city of Kirkuk where militia members were gathered.
According to the source, Islamic State group (IS), which "controls Al-Bashir village, carries out frequent attacks against the Popular Mobilisation militia and Peshmerga Kurdish forces stationed on the the northern and western outskirts of the village."
Baghdad
A source from the Iraqi Ministry of Defence said that a Popular Mobilisation militia member was killed in northern Baghdad by unknown assailants who opened fire at him.
Four patrol policemen in Baghdad were also wounded in a separate attack on their vehicle using an explosive device, the MoD source added.
Diyala province
A local source in the security services told al-Araby al-Jadeed that unknown gunmen assassinated a Ministry of Defence officer in Diyala province in eastern Iraq.
"Gunmen riding in a car with tinted windows opened fire from their weapons at a captain in the Iraqi army as he came out of his house in the Khan Bani Saad region, south of the province, killing him on the spot," the source said.
A source from Kirkuk police who preferred not to be named told al-Araby al-Jadeed that one member of the predominantly Shia Popular Mobilisation militia was killed and four others were wounded after several mortar shells fell on Al-Bashir village 25 km south of the city of Kirkuk where militia members were gathered.
According to the source, Islamic State group (IS), which "controls Al-Bashir village, carries out frequent attacks against the Popular Mobilisation militia and Peshmerga Kurdish forces stationed on the the northern and western outskirts of the village."
Baghdad
A source from the Iraqi Ministry of Defence said that a Popular Mobilisation militia member was killed in northern Baghdad by unknown assailants who opened fire at him.
Four patrol policemen in Baghdad were also wounded in a separate attack on their vehicle using an explosive device, the MoD source added.
Diyala province
A local source in the security services told al-Araby al-Jadeed that unknown gunmen assassinated a Ministry of Defence officer in Diyala province in eastern Iraq.
"Gunmen riding in a car with tinted windows opened fire from their weapons at a captain in the Iraqi army as he came out of his house in the Khan Bani Saad region, south of the province, killing him on the spot," the source said.
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