Baghdad, March 7. Eight civilians were killed and two others injured in an attack carried out by armed men in central Iraq, the scene in recent weeks of violence committed by remnants of the terrorist group Islamic State (IS) or by tribal conflicts.
According to the official Iraqi news agency, INA, the new incident took place yesterday morning in the district of Muqdadiya, in the governorate of Diyala, north of Baghdad, where “eight civilians were killed and two injured in an act criminal”.
The agency did not release details, but the former head of Muqdadiya city council, Adnan al Tamimi, told EFE that an explosive device was detonated by a vehicle in which one of the heads of the city was traveling. main tribe in the region. , Al Tamimi .
“The explosion was followed by a shootout, killing eight people, including the tribal leader’s son and three women, and injuring two others,” Al Tamimi said.
He did not rule out that the attack was linked to differences between the tribes in the region, although he stressed that the security organizations had opened an investigation “in case the terrorists (of the IS) take advantage tribal differences to cause chaos and an escalation of violence in this region”.
ISIS was territorially defeated in 2017 after controlling large parts of Iraq since 2014, but its remnants continue to carry out attacks against Iraqi civilians and security forces in the center and west of the country. EFE
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