Three Islamic State members on Sunday detonated their suicide vests during a confrontation with Iraqi security forces in Nineveh province’s Sinjar (Shingal) district, a commander from the area said.
The incident occurred about 40 kilometers from the Iraqi-Syrian border near the village of Girzark, Haider Shasho, the Commander of the Ezidkhan Protection Force (HPE) in Shingal, told Kurdistan 24.
“A group of armed suicide bomber Da’esh [ISIS] members” attacked Sunni components of the Hashd al-Shaabi militias and, “following clashes, three [ISIS] fighters blew themselves up,” the commander added. Iraqi media reported that six Islamic State fighters had been involved in the exchange.
