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Weekly Explosive Incidents Flash News iMMAP - Humanitarian Access Response Weekly Explosive Hazard Incidents Flash News (15 - 21 October 2020) 150 84 27 17 2 INCIDENTS PEOPLE KILLED PEOPLE INJURED EXPLOSIONS AIRSTRIKES KIRKUK GOVERNORATE An Armed Group 16/OCT/2020 Broke into a house and killed the owner in Ayounat area of Rabia subdistrict. Security Forces 16/OCT/2020 Iraqi Military Forces 17/OCT/2020 Destroyed an ISIS tunnel and killed an insurgent wearing an IED vest in Al-Chai valley. Launched an airstrike and killed several insurgents in Kanous area, south of Mosul. An Armed Group 17/OCT/2020 ISIS 18/OCT/2020 Attacked a vehicle and killed three civilians in Shoukair village of Shwan subdistrict. Attacked a checkpoint and killed two Tribal Mobilization Forces members in Humaira village of Nimrud subdistrict. An Armed Group 18/OCT/2020 An IED explosion injured a major of Federal Police Forces in Al-Fatha area. Joint Security Forces 19/OCT/2020 Popular Mobilization and Military Forces bombarded several ISIS hideouts in Kanous area, ISIS 18/OCT/2020 Attacked Al-Sheikh Burhan Muzhar Al-Asi village in Al-Riyadh subdistrict of Hawija district, south of Mosul. burning agricultural lands, tractors, and cars. An Armed Group 19/OCT/2020 An IED explosion injured two Federal Police members in Ahlalia village, 20km south of Federal Police Forces 19/OCT/2020 Killed an ISIS insurgent while planting an IED near Al-Mahdiya village on Kirkuk-Tikrit road. Mosul. Security Forces 20/OCT/2020 ANBAR GOVERNORATE Found a mass grave of 45 civilians killed by ISIS in Dawood Alouga village of Hawija district. An Armed Group 21/OCT/2020 Security Forces 16/OCT/2020 Shot and killed a civilian in 16 Ab area, south of Kirkuk. Destroyed an ISIS hideout and cleared 35 IEDs, eight detonation bars, and four rockets in the Al-Karma subdistrict of Al-Fallujah district. ISIS 21/OCT/2020 An IED explosion struck a military vehicle killing a soldier and injuring two others in Daquq ISIS 16/OCT/2020 district. An IED exploded and killed a civilian in Al-Hauz area of Al-Fallujah district. Iraqi Military Forces 21/OCT/2020 An Armed Group 17/OCT/2020 Launched an airstrike and destroyed several ISIS tunnels in Z'ghaitoun valley. Injured a Popular Mobilization Forces member during a tribal conflict near Bzeibis Bridge in Fallujah district. DIYALA GOVERNORATE Iraqi Military Forces 17/OCT/2020 Destroyed six ISIS hideouts and cleared nine IEDs south of the Euphrates river in Popular Mobilization Forces 15/OCT/2020 Al-Shamiya desert. Destroyed a tunnel and cleared 15 IEDs, two hand grenades, a heavy machine gun, and ammunition in Al-Adhim desert. An Armed Group 21/OCT/2020 Injured two Popular Mobilization Forces members in Mizan Aawad area of Al-Karma An Armed Group 15/OCT/2020 subdistrict, east of Fallujah district. An IED explosion killed a farmer near the orchards of Al-Ibarra subdistrict, southeast of Baqubah district. SALAH AL-DIN GOVERNORATE An Armed Group 15/OCT/2020 Shot and killed a civilian in Kanaan subdistrict, east of Baqubah district. An Armed Group 17/OCT/2020 Shot and killed eight civilians in Al-Farhaniya village of Balad district. ISIS 16/OCT/2020 A mortar shell landed in Umm Al-Hanta village of Jalula subdistrict. ISIS 17/OCT/2020 Launched an attack and injured four Popular Mobilization Forces members in Al-Rafi'at ISIS 16/OCT/2020 area. An IED explosion injured a civilian in the orchards of Umm Al-Hanta village of Jalula subdistrict. An Armed Group 19/OCT/2020 An IED explosion injured two soldiers in Tuz Khurmatu district. Military Intelligence 18/OCT/2020 Destroyed a tunnel and cleared 13 homemade IEDs and five mortar shells in Ain Al-Saaba BAGHDAD GOVERNORATE area of Al-Mandali subdistrict. Security Forces 21/OCT/2020 Security Forces 15/OCT/2020 Killed two ISIS insurgents in the orchards of Al-Ibarra subdistrict of Baqubah district. Dismantled an IED in Al-Sadr area. ISIS 21/OCT/2020 Security Forces 20/OCT/2020 Killed three civilians and injured two others in Halwan bridge in Qulaya village of Khanaqin Found a corpse in a house showing a gunshot wound to the chest in Al-Mansour district. neighborhood of Karkh district. NINEWA GOVERNORATE ERBIL GOVERNORATE An Armed Group 15/OCT/2020 An Armed Group 16/OCT/2020 Shot and killed a civilian near Sinjar's Silo. An IED explosion injured a civilian in Sirnaj village in the Qarraj subdistrict of Makhmur district. An Armed Group 15/OCT/2020 An IED explosion injured two civilians in Hammam Al-Alil subdistrict. ISIS 20/OCT/2020 An IED explosion struck a vehicle killing four civilians in Kharbarari Baqrat village in Qarraj subdistrict of Makhmur district. People Killed & Injured Per Governorate People Killed & Injured Per Incident Type 70 60 Killed 70 Killed 52 Injured Injured 50 60 50 40 40 30 30 20 20 13 10 10 8 8 7 6 6 10 7 6 7 3 4 3 4 4 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 Anbar Baghdad Diyala Erbil 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 15 to 21 October 2020 Turkey Zakho Dahuk T u r k e y Amedi Erbil Ninewa Dahuk Sulaymaniyah Mergasur Syria Kirkuk Iran Sumel D A H U K Salah Al-Din !.Dahuk Diyala Soran Baghdad Shikhan Akre Anbar ÆQ II r a n Wassit ÆQ an Kerbala Babylon ÆQ rd Telafar ÆQ Jo ÆQ Choman Qadissiya Missan Tilkaif Najaf Thi-Qar Shaqlawa Basrah Saudi Arabia Muthanna Mosul ait !. ÆQ Kuw HamdaniyaÆQ Rania Sinjar Erbil Pshdar !. Explosive Incident Risk Level ÆQ ÆQ High Low ÆQ Erbil Mosul E R B I L Koisnjaq N I N E W A Dokan !\ Capital ÆQ !. Makhmur Governorate Center ÆQÆQ Sharbazher Penjwin ÆQ IDPs Camp Dabes Sulaymaniah Ba'aj !. S y r ii a ÆQ Kirkuk Primary Road !. Sulaymaniya Hatra Shirqat Kirkuk Iraq Boundary Chamchamal ÆQÆQÆQ S U L A Y M A N I Y A H Hawiga Governorate Boundary K I R K U KÆQ Darbandihkan Halabja Daquq District Boundary Kalar Baiji ÆQ ÆQ Tooz ± Ru'ua ÆQ Tikrit Tikrit !. 0 50 100 ÆQ Kifri ÆQ Km S A L A H A L - D I N Daur Haditha Khanaqin ÆQ Samarra D I Y A L A Ka'im ÆQ ÆQ Khalis A N B A R Thethar Balad Ana Muqdadiya Heet Fares !.ÆQBa`aqubah Tarmia Ba'quba Baladrooz Ramadi KadhimiaAdhamia ÆQ !. ÆQ Thawra1 Ramadi ÆQÆQ Thaw!\.ra2 Abu Ghraib Resafa ÆQ Karkh Mada'in Falluja ÆQ ÆQ B A G H D A D JJ Rutba o Badra o Mahmoudiya rr Azezia dd aa Suwaira Musayab nn Hindiya Kerbala Mahawil Kut W A S S I T Ain Al-Tamur !.Kerbala Na'maniya K E R B A L A iMMAP, Humanitarian Access Response: Explosive Hazard Incidents in Anbar, Baghdad, Diyala, Erbil, Kirkuk, Ninewa and Salah Al-Din Governorates from 15 to 21 October 2020 Turkey Dahuk Zakho T u r k e y Dahuk Amedi Erbil Ninewa Mergasur Sulaymaniyah D A H U K Syria Kirkuk Iran Sumel !.Dahuk Salah Al-Din Soran Diyala ÆQ Shikhan Akre Baghdad Anbar ÆQ ÆQ n Telafar ÆQ a Wassit ÆQ d Choman r Kerbala Babylon o I r a n J I r a n Tilkaif Qadissiya Missan Najaf Thi-Qar Shaqlawa Basrah Mosul Muthanna à!. 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