Militia leader killed in U.S. drone attack in Iraqi capital
STORY: Militia leader killed in U.S. drone attack in Iraqi capital
SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 7, 2024
DATELINE: Feb. 8, 2024
LENGTH: 00:00:31
LOCATION: Baghdad
CATEGORY: OTHERS
SHOTLIST:
1. various of the site of a burned vehicle targeted by a U.S. Drone strike in eastern Baghdad
STORYLINE:
At least three people were killed on Wednesday in a drone attack on a car of paramilitary Hashd Shaabi Forces in eastern Baghdad, Iraq's capital, an Interior Ministry source said.
The attack occurred in the evening when a drone bombarded a sport utility vehicle of the paramilitary forces in the al-Mashtal neighborhood, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
The blast caused a fire and killed three people inside the vehicle, the source said, adding that Iraqi security forces sealed off the scene and a civil defense team rushed to put out the fire.
The source identified one man killed in the car as Abu Baqir al-Saadi, a commander of Kataib Hezbollah, an Iran-backed armed group in Iraq that has links to Hashd Shaabi
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