Iraq

Dead in the IS attack on gas plant in Baghdad

In a suicide attack North of Baghdad, at least eleven people are killed and 22 injured. To known the apparently detailed the planned attack, the terror militia IS.

Smoke rises from burning Tanks of the plant

In front of the gates of a factory for propane gas in Iraq’s Taji, a car bomb detonated in the Morning was reported from police circles. Then another vehicle with eight attackers, who were equipped with explosives vests went, to the site of some 20 kilometers North of the capital Baghdad, to the nearby factory.

Between the security forces and the attackers, it came to a shootout. The security authorities claimed that the attackers used three gas storage tanks in a fire. Several of them blew up themselves in the air, others were shot. Among at least eleven dead policemen.

25 kilometers North of Baghdad: Taji

On images dense clouds of smoke were to be seen, the rises in the sky. According to military information, the fire was under control. At least 22 people were injured, as representatives of the security forces and Doctors said. To known the attack of the jihadist group “Islamic state” (IS).

Terrain lost

This lost in the past few months, more and more ground in Iraq. According to the government, IS now controlled only 14 per cent of the country’s territory, compared to 40 percent in 2014.

Security forces after the attack at the scene of the crime

However, the jihadists have intensified their attacks and detonate car bombs in civilian populated areas. This week alone have been killed in attacks by the IS in Iraq, with around 100 people.

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