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Five injured after a new attack in the vicinity of the US embassy in Baghdad

06 January 2020 18:45 (UTC +04:00)

At least five civilians were injured on Sunday, by the impact of a missile on a house in the immediate vicinity of the Baghdad Green Zone, while four other projectiles fell into this area that houses embassies and government buildings, APA reports citing Iraqi media.

An Iraqi Interior Ministry source who requested anonymity confirmed to Efe that four Katyusha-type missiles hit the Green Zone compound, while a fifth did it in a house in Al Yadria, facing this fortified area.
The latter caused injuries to five civilians and material damage to the residence.

This is the second attack of this type in the last 24 hours in the country, after several projectiles fell last night without causing casualties in the center of the capital and at the military base of Al Balad, where there are US troops present.