BAGHDAD, Apr 10 (NNN-NINA) – A member of the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi forces, and a villager were killed, and four villagers wounded yesterday, in an attack by militants of the extremist Daesh group, in Iraqi northern province of Kirkuk, a local police source said.
The attack took place in the evening when the Daesh militants opened fire on a village, near the town of al-Rashad, some 250 km north of Baghdad, Major Abbas al-Obaidi, from the Kirkuk police told media.
Paramilitary Hashd Shaabi members in the village, teamed up with armed villagers, to fight the attackers, who fled the scene after reinforcement troops arrived, al-Obaidi said.
There are no immediate reports about casualties among the attackers, he added.
Over the past few months, Iraqi security forces have carried out deadly attacks against the Daesh militants, to crack down on their intensified activities.– NNN-NINA
