Six Iraqi security members were killed and 11 others wounded yesterday in a huge explosion in the province of Salahudin, north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, provincial police said.
The explosion took place in a truck carrying explosives and weapons found by the security forces in the west of the town of Baiji, about 200km north of Baghdad, said Mohammed al-Bazi told Xinhua.
The blast occurred while a joint force from the Iraqi army, police, and paramilitary Hashd Shaabi, was transporting the explosives and weapons in trucks, al-Bazi said.
The explosion resulted in the killing of six members of the army, police and Hashd Shaabi, and the wounding of 11 others, al-Bazi said, adding that provincial operations command launched an investigation into the incident.
The Iraqi security forces often…
