19 Islamic State militants killed in Iraq

Date

5/15/2016 11:07:27 PM

(MENAFN- The Peninsula)

Baghdad: Baghdad Operation Command has announced that 19 ISIS militants were killed and explosive devices dismantled in the western and southern parts of Baghdad.

A Baghdad Operations Command statement said the artillery of the 14th division attacked ISIS groupings in Al Roufa and Al Boushajal areas killing 10 ISIS militants, injuring 4 others and destroying an explosive charges factory.

The statement added that forces of the 53rd brigade clashed with ISIS militants in Al Roufa area in western Baghdad killing 5 militants and set fire to a motorcycle and killed its driver, adding that the 17th division forces captures a number of ISIS militants.

QNA

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