Xinhua News Agency, Baghdad, September 28 (Reporter Zhang Miao) The Iraqi military said on the 28th that a residential house near the country’s capital Baghdad International Airport was attacked by two rockets that day, killing 5 people and injuring 2 others.
The Iraqi Joint Operations Command said in a statement that two Katyusha rockets hit and destroyed a residential house near the airport that afternoon, killing 3 children, 2 women, and 2 children. Injured.
The statement said that the rocket was launched by an illegal criminal group from the Jihad area near the airport. Iraqi Prime Minister Khadimi has ordered an investigation into the attack.
According to an official from the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior, the fringe area of the "Green Zone" in Baghdad's city center was attacked by a "Katyusha" rocket earlier that day, but no casualties were caused.
The military base near Baghdad International Airport is stationed with US troops and US-led international coalition forces.
In recent weeks, the number of attacks against the Baghdad "Green Zone", Baghdad International Airport, and the League of Nations convoys against the extremist organization "Islamic State" has increased.