Diala, April 16: One soldier was killed and another one was wounded by a sniper fire on Friday in the city of Baaquba, a security source said.
“A sniper opened fire on a military control tower on the road between Diala and Kirkuk in al-Aadim district in Khales, northern Baaquba, killing a soldier from the 5th division of the Iraqi army and injuring another one,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“”Security forces started a crackdown campaign to arrest the sniper,” he added.
Baaquba, the capital of Diala, lies 57 km northeast of Baghdad.
–Agencies