TARGETED COMPANY: Sallyport Global
LOCAL SOURCE REPORTING
Baghdad (AIN) – (15) individuals were killed due to a car bomb that exploded targeting a motorcade of a local security company in Mansour neighborhood of western Baghdad.
A security source told All Iraq News Agency on Thursday “The car bomb targeted a motorcade of a domestic security company in Mansour neighborhood resulted in *killing (4) persons from the motorcade’s elements and injuring (11) others.â€
“The explosion caused burning for one of the motorcade’s vehicles and material damages to a number of nearby buildings,†the source added.
*Local source reporting has since been invalidated and no fatalities have been reported by Sallyport.
INTERNATIONAL REPORT
A CAR bomb has hit a private security convoy in Baghdad, killing four people and wounding at least nine others, security and medical officials say.
The bomb exploded in the Mansur area of west Baghdad around 9am (1600 AEST) on Thursday, killing four people and wounding nine, an interior ministry official said.
A medical source from Al-Yarmuk hospital confirmed the facility had received four bodies, but put the number of wounded at 14.
It was not immediately clear whether the casualties were bystanders, people travelling in the convoy, or both.
Neither official gave the name of the security company.
Car parts were scattered across the street where the bomb exploded, and a number of shop windows in the area were shattered by the blast, an AFP journalist said.
There were two burned cars at the site of the explosion in addition to the remnants of the car bomb. The area was cordoned off by army and police.
Private security firms in Iraq have faced difficulties in obtaining visas and various licences since United States forces withdrew from Iraq at the end of last year.
Iraq deeply mistrusts security companies over perceived arrogant behaviour by employees of the firms in the past and various incidents of violence involving them.
The most infamous such incident was the 2007 killing of at least 14 civilians in Baghdad’s Nisur Square by gunmen from the Blackwater firm guarding a US embassy convoy.
While Blackwater, now called Academi, was later banned from the country, a number of other firms still guard diplomats in Iraq and provide security for various foreign companies.
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LOCAL SOURCE REPORTING
Baghdad (AIN) – (15) individuals were killed due to a car bomb that exploded targeting a motorcade of a local security company in Mansour neighborhood of western Baghdad.
A security source told All Iraq News Agency on Thursday “The car bomb targeted a motorcade of a domestic security company in Mansour neighborhood resulted in *killing (4) persons from the motorcade’s elements and injuring (11) others.â€
“The explosion caused burning for one of the motorcade’s vehicles and material damages to a number of nearby buildings,†the source added.
*Local source reporting has since been invalidated and no fatalities have been reported by Sallyport.
INTERNATIONAL REPORT
A CAR bomb has hit a private security convoy in Baghdad, killing four people and wounding at least nine others, security and medical officials say.
The bomb exploded in the Mansur area of west Baghdad around 9am (1600 AEST) on Thursday, killing four people and wounding nine, an interior ministry official said.
A medical source from Al-Yarmuk hospital confirmed the facility had received four bodies, but put the number of wounded at 14.
It was not immediately clear whether the casualties were bystanders, people travelling in the convoy, or both.
Neither official gave the name of the security company.
Car parts were scattered across the street where the bomb exploded, and a number of shop windows in the area were shattered by the blast, an AFP journalist said.
There were two burned cars at the site of the explosion in addition to the remnants of the car bomb. The area was cordoned off by army and police.
Private security firms in Iraq have faced difficulties in obtaining visas and various licences since United States forces withdrew from Iraq at the end of last year.
Iraq deeply mistrusts security companies over perceived arrogant behaviour by employees of the firms in the past and various incidents of violence involving them.
The most infamous such incident was the 2007 killing of at least 14 civilians in Baghdad’s Nisur Square by gunmen from the Blackwater firm guarding a US embassy convoy.
While Blackwater, now called Academi, was later banned from the country, a number of other firms still guard diplomats in Iraq and provide security for various foreign companies.
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