5 Killed, Eight Wounded in Car Bomb Blast in Northwestern Iraq
The area was once held by the Islamic State group that controlled large parts of Iraq and Syria.
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Baghdad: Iraq's military says a car bomb has killed five people and wounded eight in a northwestern village near the Syrian border.
A military statement said the car was parked near a market in the village of Oweinat in Nineveh province.
The area was once held by the Islamic State group that controlled large parts of Iraq and Syria.
Despite its defeat in Iraq in 2017, IS sleeper cells have been blamed for attacks across the country that have killed and wounded scores of people over the past two years.
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A military statement said the car was parked near a market in the village of Oweinat in Nineveh province.
The area was once held by the Islamic State group that controlled large parts of Iraq and Syria.
Despite its defeat in Iraq in 2017, IS sleeper cells have been blamed for attacks across the country that have killed and wounded scores of people over the past two years.
(Get detailed and live results of each and every seat in the Lok Sabha elections and state Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, Arunachal Pradesh and Sikkim to know which candidate/party is leading or trailing and to know who has won and who has lost and by what margin. Our one-of-its-kind Election Analytics Centre lets you don a psephologist’s hat and turn into an election expert. Know interesting facts and trivia about the elections and see our informative graphics. Elections = News18)