(MENAFN) On Sunday, an Iraqi officer and two soldiers were murdered as a result of a booby-trapped car blast occurred in the western province of Anbar, a local official emphasized.
The incident occurred in the afternoon when an Iraqi army patrol approached a car with a body left inside at a village close to the town of al-Rutba, nearly 300 km west of the provincial capital Ramadi, Imad al-Dulaimi, mayor of al-Rutba, informed Xinhua.
Al-Dulaimi stated that the car was seemingly put by Daesh terrorists to explode close to the patrol's vehicles.
The forces carried out a search operation in the area to hunt the terrorists who frequently launch attacks against the security forces there.
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