Ten security personnel, civilians killed, wounded in minefield explosion, west of Anbar
Anbar (IraqiNews.com) Ten people, including an security personnel as well as civilians were killed and injured in a landmine explosion, west of Anbar, a security source from the province said on Thursday.
“A minefield exploded as a group of shepherds were carrying out their daily tasks at al-Sakra region, west of Haditha town, which left four of them killed,” the source told IkhNews website.
“Explosive experts arrived to the minefield. As they were trying to remove bodies of the victims, another bomb exploded, leaving four soldiers, including an officer, killed and two others wounded,” the source added.
Two Iraqis killed in remnant explosive blast in Anbar
Rawa (IraqiNews.com) Two Iraqi civilians were killed when an explosive device leftover from Islamic State’s occupation of Anbar province went off, a military source was quoted saying on Thursday
Alsumaria News quoted the source saying that two civilians were cleaning up their home in Rawa, a former Islamic State militants’ stronghold in western Anbar, but the house turned out to be booby-trapped, and exploded with them inside.