Three IS members, including Brit, killed making booby-trap in Salahuddin
Shirqat (IraqiNews.com) Three Islamic State members died when a booby trap they were preparing in Salahuddin province exploded, said a local source on Wednesday.
The three were bomb experts with the group, and included a British national nicknamed Abu al-Baraa al-Muhajer, the source told Alsumaria News. They were booby-trapping a vehicle, the source added.
The trio arrived to the city of Shirqat a month earlier, escaping battles in the western side of Mosul where Iraqi forces are days away from retaking IS’s largest bastion and previously-proclaimed capital.
Dozens of IS members have died over the past months while planting explosives at different havens in Salahuddin and other provinces.
Islamic State member wounded as son kills himself playing with grenade
Shirqat (IraqiNews.com) An Islamic State member was wounded and his child was killed when a grenade the latter was playing with exploded, a local source in Salahuddin province said on Wednesday.
The source told Alsumaria News that the IS member, who belonged to the group’s so-called “soldiers bureau”, was badly wounded while his seven-year-old child died while playing with a grenade at their home in Shirqat, north of Salahuddin.
The source pointed that most of IS members keep weapons inside their homes in that region.