23 al-Hashed al-Shaabi fighters killed, wounded in “friendly” strike west of Tikrit
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(IraqiNews.com) Salahuddin – On Monday, al-Hashed al-shaabi spokesman Ahmed al-Asadi announced the death of nine of al-Hashd elements in a strike mistakenly carried out by the Iraqi army near the city of Tikrit (180 km north of Baghdad).
Asadi said, “On Saturday, Nine elements of al-Hashed al-Shaabi fighters were killed and fourteen others were injured in a shelling carried out by the Iraqi Aviation by mistake in Salam village south of Speicher Camp.”
Asadi indicated, that an investigation was opened based on the instructions of the Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi on the incident.