Car bomb kills two in western Iraqi village
Car bomb kills two in western Iraqi village
A car bomb exploded in a western village near the Syrian border killing two people and wounding two others, an Iraqi security official said on Thursday.
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IS sleeper cells have been blamed for attacks across the country [Getty]
A car bomb exploded in a western village near the Syrian border killing two people and wounding two others, an Iraqi security official said on Thursday.
The blast occurred on Thursday afternoon in the village of Karabila, which until two years ago was controlled by the Islamic State [IS] group, the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authourised to speak to the media.
The Iraqi military said in a statement that the car had exploded while parked in the village but did not give a death toll.
The statement said more details would be released.
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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