Jihadists kill 7 Iraqi security personnel

SAMARRA: Islamic State group suicide bombers killed seven members of Iraq's security forces in an attack on an Iraqi police and army base Wednesday in Baiji, north of Baghdad, the interior ministry and a local official said, reports AFP.

"Five Daesh suicide bombers... wearing explosive belts attacked a police and army base at dawn in the Al-Masafi district," the town's mayor Mohammad Mahmoud told AFP, using an Arabic acronym for the group.

"Seven members of the security forces were killed and six wounded" in the ensuing firefight, he said.

Interior ministry spokesman Brigadier General Saad Maan confirmed the toll and said the "five suicide terrorists" were also killed.

IS captured Baiji, a Sunni Arab town around 200 kilometres (120 miles) from the capital, in June 2014 during a lightning offensive that saw the jihadist group rout security forces and grab swathes of Syria and northern Iraq.

Jihadists kill 7 Iraqi security personnel

SAMARRA: Islamic State group suicide bombers killed seven members of Iraqs security forces in an attack on an Iraqi police and army base Wednesday in Baiji, north of Baghdad, the interior ministry and a local official said, reports AFP. Five Daesh suicide bombers... wearing explosive belts attacked a police and army base at dawn in the Al-Masafi district, the towns mayor Mohammad Mahmoud told AFP, using an Arabic acronym for the group. Seven members of the security forces were killed and six wounded in the ensuing firefight, he said. Interior ministry spokesman Brigadier General Saad Maan confirmed the toll and said the five suicide terrorists were also killed. IS captured Baiji, a Sunni Arab town around 200 kilometres (120 miles) from the capital, in June 2014 during a lightning offensive that saw the jihadist group rout security forces and grab swathes of Syria and northern Iraq.