2024-04-20 01:20:41
A “bombing” hit a military base in the center of Irak which hosts troops from the Army and the pro-Iranian group Hashd al-Shaabiformer paramilitaries now integrated into the regular forces, two security sources indicated this Friday (04/19/2024).
Interviewed by the agency AFPa military official and another from the Ministry of the Interior were unable to point out those responsible for this attack on the Kalsu base, in the province of Babylon.
The ministerial official noted that the explosion left “one dead and eight injured.” He added that the bombing was aimed at the armored vehicles of Hashd al-Shaabi. “The explosion affected the material, the weapons, the vehicles,” she said.
For his part, the military official reported at least three injured people among the Iraqi Army troops. “Due to the bombing, there were explosions in the warehouses that house the equipment,” explained this official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter. “A fire still affects some sectors and the search for injured continues,” he added to the AFP.
The action, which has not been claimed, occurs in an explosive context in the region derived from the war in the Gaza Strip.
The group Hashd al-Shaabi It is part of Iraq’s official security apparatus, but it brings together several pro-Iranian armed factions that have carried out attacks in Iraq and Syria against US soldiers deployed within the framework of an international anti-jihadist coalition.
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