On 17 October, the PMF said preliminary Interior Ministry forensic findings attributed the Baghdad depot explosion to an internal fault, with no indication of an external attack; The New Region and شفقنا العراق carried that statement. The PMF reported five injured personnel, whereas Reuters security and medical sources, quoted by الجزيرة نت and شبكة رؤية الإخبارية, reported one dead and four injured. Kurdistan24 reported one dead and five injured and carried witness testimony that an aircraft had struck the site.
- شفق نيوز17 Oct, 19:52
“Five members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) sustained minor injuries in an explosion involving a stockpile of unserviceable ammunition at a PMF facility in eastern Baghdad on Saturday.”
Five members of Iraq's Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) sustained minor injuries in an explosion involving a stockpile of unserviceable ammunition at a PMF facility in eastern Baghdad on Saturday.
- Kurdistan2417 Oct, 20:15
“Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi orders a special investigative committee after an explosion at a Popular Mobilization Forces weapons depot kills one person and injures five, while witnesses tell Kurdistan24 the site was struck by an aircraft”
Prime Minister Ali Faleh al-Zaidi orders a special investigative committee after an explosion at a Popular Mobilization Forces weapons depot kills one person and injures five, while witnesses tell Kurdistan24 the site was struck by an aircraft
- The New Region17 Oct, 21:08
“Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) on Saturday said that the explosion in the force’s Baghdad ammunition depot was caused by an “internal malfunction,” adding that there is no indications of “any external targeting.””
Iraq’s Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) on Saturday said that the explosion in the force’s Baghdad ammunition depot was caused by an “internal malfunction,” adding that there is no indications of “any external targeting.”