Suicide car bomber kills 6 Iraqi soldiers, Shiite militiamen
Iraqi officials say a suicide car bomber has killed six troops and Shiite militiamen in a flashpoint area north of Baghdad that has seen much fighting with ISIS militants, The Associated Press reported.
Police officials say the bomber drove his explosive-laden car into a checkpoint jointly manned by the Shiite militia and Iraqi army near Samarra, 95 kilometers from Baghdad Wednesday.
Hospital officials say four militiamen and two soldiers were killed and at least 16 people were wounded. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the explosion but Samarra and the surrounding areas have been under constant attacks by ISIS, which captured large swaths of western and northern Iraq last summer.