Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) “successfully” thwarted an ISIS bombing attempt targeting civilians and security forces in southwest Kirkuk.
The group stated on Sunday that explosives experts from the PMF’s 15th Brigade, under the North and East Tigris Operations Command, located and neutralized an improvised explosive device (IED) planted by ISIS militants in Humairah al-Kubra village, Al-Rashad district. “The bomb was successfully dismantled without any casualties or material damage.” On Friday, a joint security force successfully located and neutralized an ISIS-rigged vehicle packed with explosives in Iraq’s western Al-Anbar province.
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Source: Shafaq News
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