Militants from the "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (ISIL) killed two border guards Wednesday(April 26th) in the latest of a string of ambushes in Iraq's western desert, AFP reported.
"The ISIL attack targeted our convoy, which was carrying fighters on the main road in the Saqqar area, east of Rutba," a lieutenant in Iraq's border guard said.
"Clashes ensued in which two of our border guards were killed and five others wounded," the officer said.
A local police commander confirmed the casualty toll.
The location of the attack was close to where an ISIL ambush on a convoy of security forces left at least 10 dead on Sunday. Another attack west of Rutba the same day left another two dead.
