BAGHDAD, Apr 17 (NNN-NINA) – Two members of Iraq’s Hashd Shaabi paramilitary force were killed yesterday, in an attack launched by the Daesh militants in the north of Baghdad, while four others died in a traffic accident in western Iraq.
The two Hashd Shaabi members were killed when the Daesh militants attacked their base, in the rugged area of al-Eith, in the eastern part of Salahudin province, the Hashd Shaabi said, in a statement.
The four Hashd Shaabi members were killed and six others injured in a traffic accident near the town of Rutba, about 390 km west of Baghdad, Lt. Col. Mohammed al-Dulaimi, a police officer from Anbar province, said.
According to al-Dulaimi, the accident occurred when a vehicle carrying Hashd Shaabi members on vacation, overturned on the highway near Rutba.– NNN-NINA
