6 fighters of al-Hashed al-Shaabi killed, wounded south of Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Thursday, that six fighters of al-Hashed al-Shaabi were either killed or wounded in a bomb blast south of Baghdad.
The source said in an interview, “This evening, a bomb exploded in a checkpoint belonging to al-Hashed al-Shaabi in Hor Rajab area south of Baghdad, killing two fighters and wounding four others.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added: “A security force rushed to the area and transferred the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the dead bodies to the forensic medicine department, while cordoned off the area and prevented approaching it.”