Mortar shells attack near Baghdad leaves 6 casualties
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Baghdad – (IraqiNews.com) Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Monday, that six persons were either killed or wounded by a mortar shell attack near residential area, east of Baghdad.
The ministry said in a press statement, “This morning, a mortar shell fell near residential area in al-Nahrawan, east of the capital, killing two persons and wounding four others.”
“Security forces rushed to the area of incident and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital and the bodies to the forensic medicine department,” the statement added. “Security forces also raided the area to search for the perpetrators of the incident,” the statement explained.