3 army members killed, wounded by unknown gunfire south of Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – On Wednesday, a source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced that, three elements of the Iraqi Army had been either killed or wounded by unknown gunfire south of Baghdad.
The source said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “This morning, shots were fired on a checkpoint belonging to the Iraqi Army from an unknown source in Latifiya area south of Baghdad, killing one of its elements and wounding two others.”
The source added, “The security force rushed to the area and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the dead body to the Forensic Medicine Department, while a raid was carried out to find the source of the shooting.”