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Wednesday, August 11, 2021
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Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Iraq blast kills 8 members of security forces
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleA blast killed eight members of Iraq’s security forces on Wednesday during an operation in the northern part of the country to detonate explosives planted by the Islamic State group, says a security source.
A military sapper was preparing a charge to detonate an unexploded ordnance laid by the jihadists in Salaheddin province “when a mistake was made and the explosion happened,” the source tells AFP.
The blast killed six soldiers and two policemen charged with oil field protection, the source says.
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