BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug 1 (NNN-NINA) – A total of six security members were killed on Wednesday, in two attacks by gunmen, believed to be affiliated with the Daesh group, in Iraq’s central province of Salahudin.
In one attack, gunmen attacked in the evening, a security checkpoint, manned by police and paramilitary Hashd Shaabi fighters, in Sayid Ghareeb area, near the town of Dejail, some 70 km north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Col. Mohammed al-Bazi, from the provincial police said.
The attack resulted in the killing of five security members and the wounding of two others, al-Bazi said.
Reinforcement troops arrived on the scene and launched a search operation, looking for the attackers, who were believed to have fled to nearby orchards, he added.
Separately, gunmen, said to be affiliated with the Daesh group, attacked an outpost for federal police, near the Tigris River, in al-Abbasiyah area, near the city of Samarra, which is located some 120 km north of Baghdad, leaving a policeman killed and a police officer wounded, al-Bazi said.– NNN-NINA
