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Iraq: two officials survive suicide bombing
(MENAFN) On Saturday, two local officials and a candidate in the upcoming Iraqi elections survived a suicide bombing in Anbar province in western Iraq.
Iraqi forces rescued three local officials after suicide bombers allegedly tried to break into a municipal building in the town of Hit, Iraqi Operations Command said in a statement.
The security forces killed all three would-be assassins in a firefight.
The chairman of the Hit Council, the mayor of the town, and a female candidate to the Iraqi parliamentary elections were rescued from the building in which they were trapped by the attackers, the statement read.
Although Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State (IS) in 2017, the group continues to carry out an insurgency as it did prior to 2014, with regular bombings and attacks in cities across Iraq.
Iraqi forces rescued three local officials after suicide bombers allegedly tried to break into a municipal building in the town of Hit, Iraqi Operations Command said in a statement.
The security forces killed all three would-be assassins in a firefight.
The chairman of the Hit Council, the mayor of the town, and a female candidate to the Iraqi parliamentary elections were rescued from the building in which they were trapped by the attackers, the statement read.
Although Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi declared victory over the Islamic State (IS) in 2017, the group continues to carry out an insurgency as it did prior to 2014, with regular bombings and attacks in cities across Iraq.
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