Bomb Attacks Kill 15 Iraqi Security Forces in Ramadi

Editado por Ivan Martínez
2015-05-18 15:11:37

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Baghdad, May 18 (RHC)-- At least 15 members of Iraqi security forces have been killed and dozens others injured in bomb attacks in the central Iraqi city of Ramadi, the provincial capital of Anbar.

According to Iraqi police and army officials, four nearly simultaneous bombings took place in the Malaab district in the southern part of Ramadi, killing 10 police officers and wounding 15 others. The Iraqi sources said Colonel Muthana al-Jabri, Malaab police chief, was killed in the bombings.

Iraqi police officials also said that five soldiers were killed and 12 others sustained injuries in a terrorist attack in which three explosive-laden cars were driven into the gate of the Anbar Operation Command, the military headquarters in the province.

Reports said that heavy clashes erupted between the Iraqi forces and militants belonging to the ISIL Takfiri group after the attacks in the area. It is said that the Malaab area has fallen to the Takfiri militants.

Meanwhile, the Iraq's Defense Ministry said Iraqi warplanes launched airstrikes on the

In a separate event on Sunday, the Iraqi Defense Ministry said government forces killed at least 29 ISIL terrorists in an operation in al-Faheelat region near Ramadi.



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