BAGHDAD, Oct 27 (NNN-NINA) – Up to 10 civilians were killed and 12 others wounded yesterday, in an attack by militants of the extremist Daesh group, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial police source said.
“The latest report said, ten people were killed and 12 wounded, in attack in the al-Rashad village,” Alaa al-Saadi from the provincial police said.
In an earlier report, al-Saadi said, the attack took place in the evening when the militants opened fire from sniper rifles, on a group of civilians, in the village of al-Rashad, some 110 km north-east of Iraq’s capital, Baghdad.
Iraqi security forces rushed to the scene and launched a search campaign in the area.
During the past months, Daesh militants intensified their attacks on Iraqi security forces, in the provinces the militants previously controlled, leaving dozens dead and wounded.