14 members of al-Hashed al-Shaabi killed, wounded in bomb blast in southern Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior revealed on Monday, that 14 members of al-Hashed al-Shaabi had been either killed or wounded in a double bombing targeted their convoy in southern Baghdad.
The source said in a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “Two bombs exploded targeting a convoy of al-Hashed al-Shaabi members in Latifiya vicinity in southern Baghdad, killing three members and wounding 11 others, as well as causing material damage to a number of vehicles in the convoy.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added, “A security force rushed to the area and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department, while a raid was carried out to search for the perpetrators of the bombing.”