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Friday, March 1, 2024
From the Liveblog of
Friday, March 1, 2024
Islamic State attack kills one Iraqi soldier north of Baghdad
Mourners carry the flag-draped coffins of Iraqi soldiers killed in an attack by gunmen of the Islamic State extremist group in Baqouba in Diyala province during a mass funeral procession inside the shrine of Imam Ali in Najaf, Iraq, Friday, Jan. 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Anmar Khalil)
A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol north of Baghdad on Friday, killing one soldier and wounding four others, the defence ministry said in a statement.
The attack took place in the town of Tarmiya, 25 km (15 miles) north of Baghdad, the ministry said.
Islamic State formally claimed responsibility for the attack, saying it killed one soldier and wounded nine others, the group said in a statement.
Iraq’s Defence Minister Thabit al-Abbasi reached the area where the attack took place and ordered an investigation, the ministry’s statement said.
Despite the defeat of the Islamic State militant group in 2017, remnants of the group switched to hit-and-run attacks against government forces in different parts of Iraq.
