Suspected Islamic State gunmen kill 11 at military post outside Baghdad
Initial reports suggest the attack is the largest against Iraqi security forces in months.
Eleven people were killed and eight wounded in a shootout with suspected Islamic State fighters at an Iraqi military position southwest of Baghdad on Sunday night.
The attack occurred at a lookout point occupied by Iraq's Popular Mobilization Units or Hashd al-Shaabi, at Al-Radwaniya south of Baghdad International Airport, Iraqi security sources told AFP.
Eight other people were wounded and sent to a hospital in Baghdad. An Iraqi security source told AFP that the attackers killed five PMU members at the monitoring tower, as well as six other people who had come to help defend the site.
Attackers in four vehicles used grenades and automatic weapons, AFP’s sources said. The National cited a PMU source as saying the attackers also used improvised explosive devices to target people rushing to the scene to assist.
