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Kataib Hezbollah Confirms Baghdad Car Explosion Killed One of Its Leaders

© MURTAJA LATEEFPeople watch as a vehicle that was hit by a drone strike, reportedly killing three people including two leaders of the Kataib Hezbollah militant group, is carried away in Baghdad on February 7, 2024
People watch as a vehicle that was hit by a drone strike, reportedly killing three people including two leaders of the Kataib Hezbollah militant group, is carried away in Baghdad on February 7, 2024 - Sputnik International, 1920, 07.02.2024
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DOHA (Sputnik) - Iraq’s major militant group Kataib Hezbollah confirmed that a car explosion in Baghdad killed one if its leaders on Wednesday.
"We announce that one of the leaders of Kataib Hezbollah, Abu Baqir al-Saadi, also known as Abu Baqir Diyala, was martyred as a result of a car attack in eastern Baghdad," the group wrote in its Telegram channel.
Earlier in the day, a security source told Sputnik that a car was blown up by a drone, according to preliminary data, and the attack killed three people.
“According to preliminary data, a civilian car was blown up by a drone in the east of Baghdad, killing three and wounding two people,” the source said.
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