Mortars Hit BIAP
BAGHDAD (AP) - Mortar rounds slammed into a workers’ housing complex near Baghdad’s international airport on Monday, killing two people and wounding 10, a witness said.
The attack occurred about 2:30 p.m., according to an airport employee who lives at the compound. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to publicly discuss the attack.
The witness counted six mortar rounds.
Iraqi police said earlier that a string of mortar rounds hit the airport, the southwestern neighborhood of Sadiyah.
About 13 rockets also struck the U.S.-protected Green Zone Monday afternoon, but no casualties were immediately reported, according to an Interior Ministry official. The officials also declined to be identified because they weren’t authorized to release the information.
U.S. Embassy and military officials did not immediately respond to a query about the reports.
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