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Bomb blast kills, wounds 8 elements of al-Hashed al-Sha’bi in southern Baghdad

 Bomb blast kills, wounds 8 elements of al-Hashed al-Sha’bi in southern Baghdad

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Archival photo.
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – An informed source in the Iraqi police announced on Friday, that eight elements of al-Hashed al-Sha’bi had been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast that targeted their patrol in southern Baghdad.

The source said in a brief statement obtained by IraqiNews.com, “At noon, an explosive device has went off targeting a patrol belonging to al-Hashed al-Sha’bi [militia] in the area of Arab Jabour located in southern Baghdad,” pointing out that, “The blast resulted in killing two persons and wounding six others.”

The source, who requested to remain anonymous, added, “A security force rushed to the area and transferred the injured to a nearby hospital for medical treatment and the two dead bodies to the forensic medicine authority, while blockaded the area of the incident.”

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