A mined car was blown up at the US Air Force base near Baghdad: 1 died, 8 wounded

A car was blown up at the entrance to the American military base in Iraq on Monday. As a result of the explosion, one fighter of the Iraqi self -defense forces was killed, 8 civilians were injured.

This was announced by the AFP representative of the Iraqi forces. The base of the American Air Force is 75 km north of the Iraqi capital, Interfax reports.

According to the representative of the Iraqi forces, the mined car was in the line of other cars, which is built daily at the entrance to the base. Iraqi employees usually carry out various work there.