A suicide bomber blew himself up after besieging him, trying to target the Husseini processions

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9-08-2022, 12:06

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Diyala-INA

The media dept. of the 4^th Brigade of the Iraqi army announced on Tuesday, that a suicide bomber blew himself up after besieging him, as he was intending to target the Husseiniya processions.

"according to the directives of the commander of the 1st Infantry Division, Maj. Gen. Taha Askar Mazloum, and following up on the orders of Fourth Brigade commander, Colonel Ahmed Abdel Rahim Abdel Jabbar, based on accurate intelligence information indicating that f one of the terrorist Daesh members aiming to blow up the Husseiniya processions and military headquarters," The media dept. of the 4th Brigade in a statement received by the Iraqi News Agency (INA).

The statement added, "A force was formed under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Alaa Nasser Azab, the commander of the fourth regiment, as the infiltrated terrorist was surrounded, which prompted him to blow himself up after the force arrived at his whereabouts, where the force returned to their location without significant losses."