7 volunteer soldiers killed, wounded in bomb blast west of Baghdad
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(IraqiNews.com) Baghdad – A source in the Interior Ministry announced on Wednesday, that seven members of al-Hashed al-Shaabi had been either killed or wounded in a bomb blast west of Baghdad.
The source said in an interview for IraqiNews.com, “A bomb exploded, this morning, targeting a civilian vehicle carrying elements of al-Hashed al-Shaabi in the district of Abu Ghraib west of Baghdad, resulting in the death of one element of al-Hashed al-Shaabi and wounding three others.”
The source, who asked anonymity, added: “the security force rushed to the scene and transported the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment and the body of the dead man to the forensic medicine department, while cordoned off the area of the incident and prevented to approaching it.”