Security officials in Iraq say at least 45 Iraqi soldiers have been killed and tens of others injured when a tank rigged with explosives struck an arms depot in Iraq’s northern province of Salahuddin.
The officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the attack took place in the town of Tharthar, situated 120 kilometers (some 75 miles) north of the capital, Baghdad, on Monday when an assailant blew up the tank inside the military site, Arabic-language al-Baghdadia satellite television network reported.
At least 33 soldiers also sustained injuries in the act of violence.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing; however, such attacks bear the hallmarks of those carried out by Daesh.
