ERBIL, Kurdistan Region – Islamic State (ISIS) militants attacked the home of a tribal leader south of Tikrit, killing all the family members in the house at the time.
Muhanad al-Azzawi, head of the Shiite militia Hashd al-Shaabi media office in Tikrit, said that “Two ISIS suicide bombers attacked a tribal leader’s house in the Eshaq sub-district south of Tikrit. They killed all the members of the family.”
“After security forces surrounded the house and confronted the ISIS militants, they blew themselves up,” al-Azzawi added.
Tikrit is located 200 kilometres north of Baghdad.
In Baghdad on Saturday, an explosion in an eastern neighbourhood of the city resulted in casualties.
The explosion in the Amin neighbourhood in Baghdad al-Jdida killed one and wounded eight.
Muhanad al-Azzawi, head of the Shiite militia Hashd al-Shaabi media office in Tikrit, said that “Two ISIS suicide bombers attacked a tribal leader’s house in the Eshaq sub-district south of Tikrit. They killed all the members of the family.”
“After security forces surrounded the house and confronted the ISIS militants, they blew themselves up,” al-Azzawi added.
Tikrit is located 200 kilometres north of Baghdad.
In Baghdad on Saturday, an explosion in an eastern neighbourhood of the city resulted in casualties.
The explosion in the Amin neighbourhood in Baghdad al-Jdida killed one and wounded eight.
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