Sunday, September 22, 2024

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Two killed, three injured in Falluja, west Iraq

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Two Iraqi contractors have been killed and three of their family members were injured in IED (improvised explosive devices) blasts south of Falluja city in west Iraq’s Anbar Province on Tuesday, an Anbar Police source said. “A number of IEDs blew off in three houses, belonging to Iraqi contractors, in al-Dour district, 12 km to the southeast of Falluja, killing 2 contractors and wounding three of their family members, along with causing severe damage to their houses,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Noteworthy is that the targeting of the said contractors took place due to their work in projects for rehabilitation of checkpoints and police centers in Falluja. Falluja, is 60 km away from Ramadi, the center of Anbar Province, 160 km to the west of Baghdad. SKH (ST)/SR 578