TIKRIT (IRAQ): Islamic State crew jihadists killed 5 contributors of the similar family at a checkpoint at the edge of their village north of Baghdad early today, a police legit mentioned.
The killings happened in Baiji district, around 200 kilometres north of the capital, the legit mentioned.
"A group of Daesh (IS) fighters came from the Hamrin mountains, crossed the Tigris river after midnight and attacked the checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Albu Juwari, north of Baiji," he mentioned.
Five members of the family had been killed and a 6th was once in a important condition, he mentioned.
All had been contributors of a tribal military working under the umbrella of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary pressure that has fought the jihadists.
IS, which once controlled swathes of Iraq and neighbouring Syria, has been driven back through a couple of offensives and ousted from all of Iraq's cities and towns, together with the capital of its self-declared "caliphate", Mosul.
But regardless of Iraq stating victory over the jihadists in December, they have got endured to make use of moderately populated areas such because the Hamrin mountains as launchpads for attacks. (AFP)
The killings happened in Baiji district, around 200 kilometres north of the capital, the legit mentioned.
"A group of Daesh (IS) fighters came from the Hamrin mountains, crossed the Tigris river after midnight and attacked the checkpoint at the entrance to the village of Albu Juwari, north of Baiji," he mentioned.
Five members of the family had been killed and a 6th was once in a important condition, he mentioned.
All had been contributors of a tribal military working under the umbrella of the Hashed al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilisation) paramilitary pressure that has fought the jihadists.
IS, which once controlled swathes of Iraq and neighbouring Syria, has been driven back through a couple of offensives and ousted from all of Iraq's cities and towns, together with the capital of its self-declared "caliphate", Mosul.
But regardless of Iraq stating victory over the jihadists in December, they have got endured to make use of moderately populated areas such because the Hamrin mountains as launchpads for attacks. (AFP)
IS jihadists in Iraq kill 5 members of family
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