(MENAFN) A local security source said that the Iraqi soldiers and three members of the paramilitary Hashd Shaabi were killed on Monday in attacks by the militants of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala.
Major Alaa al-Saadi from the provincial police said that, two soldiers were killed and a third injured as IS insurgents attacked their site on Monday evening in Buhruz area in the south of the provincial capital Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad.
Xinhua news agency quoted Major Alaa al-Saadi from the provincial police as saying that in one attack, two soldiers were killed and a third wounded when IS militants attacked their base on Monday evening in Buhruz area in the south of the provincial capital Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad,
Iraqi security forces conducted a search operation in the area searching for the assailants, al-Saadi explained.
In two different separate attacks, three members of the Hashd Shaabi were killed, the military officer said.
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