Several IS members killed, injured while booby-trapping vehicle in Tal Afar
The explosion that hit Habibiyah area, in eastern Baghdad.
“Several IS members were killed and injured in a car explosion while the militants were booby-trapping it on Hassan Kowi district, in Tal Afar town,” the source told Al-Sumaria News on Saturday. “The explosion occurred at one of the group’s locations used for booby-trapping.”
“Among the killed members were one of the group’s prominent bobby-trapping experts called abu Baraa al-Halabi,” the source, who preferred anonymity, added.
The group, according to the source, is in chaotic situation after Iraqi joint troops reinforced its presence around the town.
On Friday, army troops killed 16 IS members after thwarting an attack by the militants near the town.
The international coalition, led by the U.S. launch air raids in and around the town in order to facilitate the battle for Iraqi troops, which announced earlier this month concluding arrangements ahead of the invasion.
The Iraqi army’s ninth armored division reportedly reached to the boundaries of the town. Tal Afar has been set as the next target of operations after victory was declared in Mosul on July 10.