Armed attack near Baghdad kills volunteer soldier and wounds another
Baghdad – (IraqiNews.com) A member of al-Hashd al-Shaabi was killed and another one was wounded in an armed attack, in southern the capital, Alsumaria News reported on Monday.
Alsumaria News stated, “Today, militants launched an attack using medium weapons on a checkpoint belonging to al-Hashd al-Shaabi in al-Rasheed area, in southern Baghdad, killing one member and wounding another.”
“Security forces arrived in the area of incident, and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital and the body to the forensic medicine department,” Alsumaria added.
Baghdad is witnessing blasts and suicide attacks from time to time, in addition to separate attacks against civilians and security members.