Officials and security sources reported that at least one member of the Sunni Awakening Forces was killed in an explosive device attack at a checkpoint in Khan Bani Saad, approximately 50 kilometres north of Baghdad.
Two security sources and a medical source stated that two fighters from the government-allied Awakening Forces were killed and at least six others were injured, including five Iraqi soldiers in the attack.
The Iraqi Security Media Cell, the official entity responsible for disseminating security information, confirmed that one person was killed due to the detonation of two explosive devices near the checkpoint on Saturday evening.
The cell added in a statement that four individuals sustained minor injuries.
According to the Security Media Cell’s statement: “At 2140 on Saturday, an explosive device detonated near one of the checkpoints manned by volunteers of the Tribal Mobilization Forces in the village of Dawoud Al-Salem within Khan Bani Saad in Diyala Province.
A security force had been dispatched to search and inspect near the same point, where a second explosive device went off.”
The statement further mentioned that the attack resulted in the death of a member of the Tribal Mobilization Forces due to injuries sustained, after being transported to the hospital, while four others were injured with minor wounds due to the incident.
