BAGHDAD, Aug 2 (NNN-NINA) – Four militants of the Daesh group were killed yesterday, in two operations in Salahudin Province, north of Baghdad, a provincial security source said.
Acting on intelligence reports, a federal police force shot dead, in the evening, a suicide bomber, wearing an explosive belt, and another detonated himself, during a search operation in an area in the west of the city of Samarra, some 120 km north of Baghdad, Mohammed al-Bazi, from the provincial police command, said.
A third suicide bomber fled the scene during the search operation, al-Bazi said, adding, the police are looking for him in the surrounding area.
Meanwhile, a statement issued by the Hashd Shaabi paramilitary forces in the province said, they killed two militants during an operation in north Samarra, without giving more details.
Over the past months, Iraqi security forces have conducted operations against the extremist militants to crack down on their intensified activities.– NNN-NINA
