BAGHDAD, Jun 23 (NNN-NINA) – A father and his son were shot dead yesterday, by the Daesh militants, in Iraq’s eastern province of Diyala, a provincial police source said.
The incident took place early in the morning, when the militants kidnapped the two, near their house, in the town of al-Muqdadiya, some 100 km north-east of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, Alaa al-Saadi, said.
Later, a joint force from the Iraqi army and police, launched a search campaign to track down the militants and found the bodies of the kidnapped, with bullet holes in their heads and chests, al-Saadi added.
Despite repeated military operations in Diyala, Daesh remnants are still hiding in some rugged areas near the border with Iran, and the vast areas extending from the western part of the province to the Hamreen mountain range in the north of Baquba, about 65 km north-east of Baghdad.
Separately, a prominent leader in the Sunni paramilitary fighters of a group known as Sahwa, or Awakening Council, survived an assassination attempt in al-Dora area, in southern Baghdad, a police source said.
The incident took place late on Monday, when unidentified gunmen opened fire on the car Shafeeq al-Jubouri was travelling in and wounded him, the source said.– NNN-NINA
