The security media cell said the casualties were caused by an explosion and fire early Saturday at Camp Kalsu in Iraq's Babil province, which houses a compound housing Iraqi security forces and Popular Mobilization Units (PMU), according to Iraq's official news agency. In one.
A committee has been formed to investigate the cause of the explosion and fire, I said, citing preliminary findings that military action was behind the incident.
However, an Iraqi security official had earlier said that the Kalsu base had been attacked by missiles or drones.
The head of the Babil Security Committee, Muhaned al-Enazi, said in televised remarks that the attack caused a fire at the site where brigades of the PMU and Iraqi security forces are stationed.
"The fire has been extinguished. Investigation is underway to find out whether the attack was carried out by drones or missiles and who is behind it," the official said.
The reported attack came a day after a suspected Israeli attack in Iran's Isfahan province, which is home to some of the Islamic republic's nuclear facilities.
A pro-Iranian militia group accused Israel of being behind the alleged attack in Babylon.
The self-proclaimed Islamic resistance in Iraq claimed a drone strike on a "vital target" in the southern Israeli coastal city of Eilat in response to the attack on Saturday.
The Israeli army did not comment.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq is an umbrella group of pro-Iranian militias that have been operating together under this common name since the war broke out in the Gaza Strip in October last year.
The group has also repeatedly claimed to have attacked US targets inside Iraq and Syria with drones and missiles.
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A committee has been formed to investigate the cause of the explosion and fire, I said, citing preliminary findings that military action was behind the incident.
However, an Iraqi security official had earlier said that the Kalsu base had been attacked by missiles or drones.
The head of the Babil Security Committee, Muhaned al-Enazi, said in televised remarks that the attack caused a fire at the site where brigades of the PMU and Iraqi security forces are stationed.
"The fire has been extinguished. Investigation is underway to find out whether the attack was carried out by drones or missiles and who is behind it," the official said.
The reported attack came a day after a suspected Israeli attack in Iran's Isfahan province, which is home to some of the Islamic republic's nuclear facilities.
A pro-Iranian militia group accused Israel of being behind the alleged attack in Babylon.
The self-proclaimed Islamic resistance in Iraq claimed a drone strike on a "vital target" in the southern Israeli coastal city of Eilat in response to the attack on Saturday.
The Israeli army did not comment.
The Islamic Resistance in Iraq is an umbrella group of pro-Iranian militias that have been operating together under this common name since the war broke out in the Gaza Strip in October last year.
The group has also repeatedly claimed to have attacked US targets inside Iraq and Syria with drones and missiles.
svn
