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| ISIS Claims Drive-by Shooting that Killed 8 in Iraq |
| 2018-05-03 |
| [AAWSAT] The ISIS terrorist group grabbed credit on Wednesday for a drive-by shooting in a town north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad that left 8 people dead. The group, which usually exaggerates the number of casualties, put the figure at 22, describing them all as members of the Tribal Mobilization Forces. A security source had told Rooters that Death Eaters killed eight unarmed civilians in the assault in Tarmiya, 25 km (15 miles) north of Baghdad on Tuesday. The attack saw button men in two speeding cars open fire on civilians in Tarmiya. Iraq declared victory in December over ISIS, which had seized control of nearly a third of the country in 2014. But the group continues to carry out attacks and bombings in Baghdad and other parts of the country. Iraq is heading into parliamentary elections on May 12 ‐ the first balloting since the government declared ISIS defeated in Iraq earlier this year. Among the casualties in Tarmiya were workers who were putting up election campaign posters for candidates running for parliament, police officials said. The officials and eyewitnesses spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. |
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