Shrapnel kills a woman following a strike on an arms depot belonging to an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq, health and security officials tell AFP.
A security source says “a bombing targeted an arms depot at a military base,” which mainly hosts the powerful Asaib Ahl al-Haq group, near the town of Al-Suwaira, southeast of Baghdad.
He adds that “a woman was martyred when shrapnel from a rocket fell near her after the strike” in the town in Wasit province.
A local health official confirms her death and said another person was seriously wounded.
The military base belongs to the Hashed al-Shaabi, or the Popular Mobilization Forces, a former paramilitary coalition now integrated into Iraq’s regular army.
It also encompasses brigades from Iran-backed groups, including the US-blacklisted Asaib Ahl al-Haq.
Since the start of the war, bases belonging to the Hashed al-Shaabi have been hit several times by strikes attributed to the US and Israel.
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