BAGHDAD, Oct 20 (NNN-NINA) – Two officers from a Kurdish commando force were killed and seven commandos wounded yesterday, in a bomb attack in Iraq’s semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan, a Kurdish security source said.
The attack occurred when a roadside bomb, planted by the Daesh militants, detonated near a vehicle, carrying commandos affiliated with the Kurdish security forces, known as Peshmerga, the source said.
The source said that the troops were conducting an operation to hunt down Daesh militants in a rugged area in the southern part of Sulaimaniyah province, in north-eastern Iraq.
He said, the blast destroyed the vehicle, killing two officers and wounding seven commandos on board.
Akam Omer, commander of the Peshmerga commando force, was among the wounded, the source added.
Also in the day, the Iraqi intelligence, in coordination with the regional Counter-Terrorism Service in Sulaimaniyah province, captured six suspects, wanted for terrorist acts, while they were preparing to flee the country, the media office of the Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement.– NNN-NINA
