Three Iraqis Killed In Gunmen Attacks In Iraq

Three Iraqis Killed In Gunmen Attacks In Iraq

BAGHDAD, Feb 23 (NNN-NINA) – An army pilot officer, a paramilitary member, and a doctor were killed yesterday, by gunmen in separate incidents in Iraq, security sources said.

Unidentified armed men shot dead Iraqi Air Force officer, Saad Mohsen Marzouq, who was driving in Fallujah city, some 50 km west of the capital, Baghdad, a local police source said, on condition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, gunmen opened fire on a joint checkpoint, manned by police and paramilitary Hashd Shaabi, in Kirkuk city, some 250 km north of Baghdad, Ihsan al-Obaidi from the Kirkuk police, said.

The attackers killed a Hashd Shaabi member and wounded a policeman before fleeing the scene, al-Obaidi said.

Also yesterday, unknown gunmen assassinated Ahmed Talal al-Madfaie, a famous cardiologist, in the eastern province of Diyala, Alaa al-Saadi, from the Diyala police told reporters.

Sporadic attacks still haunt Iraq, despite an improvement in the security situation, after the defeat of the extremist militants of the Daesh group across the country in 2017.– NNN-NINA  

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