At least 11 dead in Baghdad as militants attack Iraqi army post

REUTERS: At least 11 people were killed when militants fired on an Iraqi army post on Monday, wounding eight others gravely according to police and medics sources.

The assailants in four vehicles attacked the post in the capital’s southwestern district of Al-Radhwaniya using grenades and automatic weapons, the sources said.

The Iraqi military said in a statement that a “terrorist group” of four elements attacked a post of a government-backed Sunni militiamen, killing four people and wounding three.

The army and police forces have started an operation in search of the attackers, police sources said.