iMMAP - Humanitarian Access Response Weekly Explosive Hazard Incidents Flash News (01 - 07 October 2020)

125 42 20 12 3 INCIDENTS PEOPLE KILLED PEOPLE INJURED EXPLOSIONS AIRSTRIKES An Armed Group 02/OCT/2020 An IED explosion killed a civilian in the Kabiba village of Dibs district.

ISIS 01/OCT/2020 ISIS 05/OCT/2020 Attacked a checkpoint and injured a Popular Mobilization Forces member in the Kasib area Attacked the federal police forces in the Nakar village of district, killing two of Muqdadiya district. members and injuring five others. Iraqi Military Forces 02/OCT/2020 Repelled an ISIS attack on the outskirts of Al-Islah village, northeast of district. ISIS 06/OCT/2020 Attacked the federal police forces killing four members and injuring three others, An Armed Group 03/OCT/2020 including an Officer in . Shot and killed a civilian in 7 Nisan area of district. Security Forces 06/OCT/2020 Iraqi Military Forces 03/OCT/2020 Found and cleared several IEDs belonging to ISIS in Karaw mountain. Launched an airstrike destroying 17 ISIS hideouts and killing six insurgents near the Al-Adhim subdistrict, on the Salah al-Din-Diyala border. SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE

Coalition Forces 04/OCT/2020 Security Forces 01/OCT/2020 Launched an airstrike destroying several weapon caches of ISIS, west of Diyala. Found and cleared 87 rockets in the Al-Siniyah subdistrict.

Iraqi Military Forces 04/OCT/2020 Popular Mobilization Forces 01/OCT/2020 Repelled an ISIS attack in the Zour Sherk area of . Destroyed an ISIS hideout and three tunnels in Tharthar valley.

ISIS 05/OCT/2020 Security Forces 01/OCT/2020 Three mortar shells landed and injured three children in Al-Islah village of the Killed three ISIS insurgents after surrounding them in a tunnel in Tharthar valley. subdistrict. Popular Mobilization Forces 01/OCT/2020 ISIS 05/OCT/2020 Killed an ISIS suicide bomber in Tharthar valley. Eight mortar shells landed in Al-Maadin village of Al- subdistrict. Security Forces 02/OCT/2020 ISIS 07/OCT/2020 Destroyed four ISIS hideouts and cleared seven mortar shells in Tharthar valley. Three mortar shells landed in Zaghniya village on the outskirts of the Al-Abara subdistrict. ISIS 06/OCT/2020 GOVERNORATE A vehicle-borne IED exploded in Al-Hajil village of Al-Shirqat district.

Security Forces 01/OCT/2020 GOVERNORATE Killed three ISIS insurgents inside a tunnel in Tharthar valley. An Armed Group 05/OCT/2020 Security Forces 01/OCT/2020 Two Katyusha rockets landed in the Al-Jadriyah neighborhood. Destroyed seven tunnels, four hideouts and cleared 15 mortar shells, seven artillery shells, three RPG7 rockets, and two IEDs in Tharthar valley. An Armed Group 05/OCT/2020 Two rockets landed near Baghdad International Airport. Military Intelligence 01/OCT/2020 Found and cleared 25 IEDs and 20 detonation bars in the Al-Shahabi area of the Al-Karma Security Forces 06/OCT/2020 subdistrict. Found a corpse showing multiple stabbing wounds in the Hasaniya area, east of the capital. Security Forces 03/OCT/2020 Destroyed an ISIS hideout and cleared 74 homemade mortar shells, 95 mortar shells, and An Armed Group 07/OCT/2020 an IED vest in Al-Qa'im district. Threw a hand grenade and killed a civilian in the Al-Shaab area, south of the capital.

Iraqi Military Forces 04/OCT/2020 An Armed Group 07/OCT/2020 Launched an airstrike destroying two ISIS vehicles and killing everyone inside in Zahiman Threw a hand grenade and injured two civilians in the Al-Hurriya area, north of the valley. capital. An Armed Group 05/OCT/2020 NINEWA GOVERNORATE A motorcycle explosion targeted at the federal police forces occurred in front of a cafe in district injuring five civilian and police members. An Armed Group 04/OCT/2020 Iraqi Military Forces 06/OCT/2020 Shot and killed a civilian in Biban village of the Al-Qosh subdistrict. Destroyed an ISIS hideout and killed seven ISIS insurgents, north of Al-Sakar area in the Anbar desert. Security Forces 05/OCT/2020 Found a corpse showing gunshot wound to the head in the Al-Arbajiyah area, east of Security Forces 07/OCT/2020 . Destroyed an ISIS hideout and cleared 110 IEDs in Heet district. GOVERNORATE An Armed Group 01/OCT/2020 An IED exploded under the Laylan bridge, east of Kirkuk.

An Armed Group 01/OCT/2020 Stormed a house and killed a family of three in Al-Shorja village of Laylan subdistrict.

People Killed & Injured Per Governorate People Killed & Injured Per Incident Type

20 Killed 20 Killed Injured 17 Injured 16 15

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3 3 3 3 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Anbar Baghdad Diyala Kirkuk Ninewa Salah Al-Din Air Strike Explosive Hazard Crime Direct Attack/Clashes iMMAP, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Hazard Incidents Risk Level in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 01 to 07 October 2020

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