Armed attack on al-Hashd al-Ashaeri checkpoint near Baghdad, 3 casualties
Hand grenade. Representational photo.
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) A police source informed that a member of al-Hashd al-Ashaeri was killed, while two others were wounded in an armed attack, south of Baghdad, Alsumaria News reported on Saturday.
Unidentified gunmen threw a hand grenade on a checkpoint belonging to al-Hashd al-Ashaeri in al-Taqa area in al-Rasheed vicinity, south of Baghdad, killing one of al-Hashd members and wounding two others, the source said.
Security forces arrived immediately in the area of incident, and transferred the body to the forensic medicine department and the wounded to a nearby hospital, the source added on condition of anonymity.
The capital, Baghdad, is frequently witnessing a surge of violence and several suicide attacks, in addition to separate attacks that target civilians and security members.