Six PMU fighters martyred and wounded in thwarting ISIS attack in Diyala

According to a security source in Diyala province, six members of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) were martyred and wounded while thwarting an ISIS terrorist attack northeast of the province.

According to a security source in Diyala province, six members of the Popular Mobilization Units (PMU) were martyred and wounded while thwarting an ISIS terrorist attack northeast of the province.

The source said that a PMU fighter embraced martyrdom and five others were injured while thwarting a terrorist attack by ISIS on a security station in the Basha oil tank, 90 km northeast of Baquba, where an explosive device detonated on a PMU security patrol in the same area.

The source added that the situation is under control and the PMU detachments began to track ISIS cells that fled into the hills of Khana.