Explosion in Iraq's Najaf kills 7
Smoke billows from an explosion fire in Najaf, Iraq on August 8, 2022.
photo: KurdSat English
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Sources suggest that the warehouse belongs to one of the Popular Mobilization factions and that high temperatures and poor storage may have caused the explosion.
Today, Monday, local Iraqi sources reported that the death toll from a weapons depot explosion in Najaf has risen to 7.
A security source reported an explosion in a weapons depot in the Al-Hawli area of Najaf Governorate.
The source told the "Iraqi Media News Agency" that "a weapons depot exploded on the Hawally road in Najaf, and the number of dead and wounded is unknown."
Sources speculate that the warehouse belongs to one of the Popular Mobilization factions and that the explosion may have been caused by high temperatures and poor storage, as has been repeated in similar incidents in the past years.
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