Baghdad attack leaves paramilitary fighter dead, 2 injured
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Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) An armed attack in Baghdad left a paramilitary fighter dead and two others wounded on Tuesday, according to a police source.
A member of the Tribal Mobilization was killed and two others were wounded when armed attackers shot at their checkpoint at Jisr Diyala, southeast of Baghdad, the source told Ikhnews.
Tribal Mobilization are Sunni volunteer forces formed to combat extremist militants.
One-hundred and fourteen Iraqi civilians were killed, while 244 others were wounded as result of terrorism, violence and armed conflicts during the month of October, according to a monthly release by the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI).
Baghdad was the worst affected Governorate, coming in the first place with 177 civilian casualties (38 killed, 139 injured). Anbar province followed with 36 killed and 55 injured, and then Kirkuk with 18 killed and 33 injured.
The Iraqi capital has seen almost daily bombings and armed attacks against security members, paramilitary troops and civilians since the Iraqi government launched a wide-scale campaign to retake Islamic State-occupied areas in 2016. Though most of the daily bombings go without a claim of responsibility, Islamic State has declared it had been behind many.
Iraq declared its territories Islamic State-free last week by retaking the group’s very last haven: Anbar’s western city of Rawa.