TIKRIT, Iraq – Six Iraqi citizens, including three children, and four Iraqi Police were injured when a suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi Police patrol in Mosul today with a vehicle-borne IED.
An Iraqi Explosive Ordnance Disposal team searched the terrorist’s destroyed vehicle and found 12 mortar rounds that failed to detonate. The unexploded mortars were taken to a nearby military base for disposal.
Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team assisted in providing security around the site and helped to drive off a group of terrorists who were firing at the Iraqi police and rescue units trying to aid the victims of the blast.
Terrorists continue to target Iraqis
(TFBOB Press Release)
TIKRIT, Iraq – Six Iraqi citizens, including three children, and four Iraqi Police were injured when a suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi Police patrol in Mosul today with a vehicle-borne IED.
An Iraqi Explosive Ordnance Disposal team searched the terrorist’s destroyed vehicle and found 12 mortar rounds that failed to detonate. The unexploded mortars were taken to a nearby military base for disposal.
Soldiers from the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team assisted in providing security around the site and helped to drive off a group of terrorists who were firing at the Iraqi police and rescue units trying to aid the victims of the blast.
