Iraq says 5 wounded in rocket attack on Baghdad airport

A rocket attack today on Baghdad International Airport, which houses a US diplomatic facility, wounded five people including security personnel, Iraqi authorities say.

“Five rockets targeted Baghdad International Airport and its surrounding area, injuring four airport employees and security personnel, and an engineer,” the security media cell says in a statement.

It adds that rockets “struck the airport and a water desalination plant,” while others crashed near a prison where Islamic State group suspects are detained and an Iraqi airbase base next to a US diplomatic facility.

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