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Multi-National Division – Baghdad soldiers killed at least six criminals, detained three, and destroyed anti-Coalition force arms overnight and into the early morning of April 30 in separate incidents in Baghdad.

At approximately 10:40 p.m., April 29, while patrolling in Istiqal Qada, MND-B soldiers from Company B, 1st Battalion, 68th Combined Arms Battalion, were investigating the site of a reported improvised explosive device when they spotted two criminals attempting to recover an explosively formed penetrator. The 1-68 Soldiers engaged and killed the two men. An explosive ordnance team responded and disposed of the IED.

At approximately 3:25 a.m., April 30, MND-B soldiers detained three men near a blast site in northwestern Baghdad, where an MND-B soldier was killed earlier by an IED. Actionable intelligence indicates the suspects detained were involved in the attack.

At approximately 5 a.m., MND-B soldiers operating an unmanned aerial vehicle observed a group of three criminals emplacing an IED in Sadr City. The UAV engaged the men with one Hellfire missile, killing one of the criminals and wounding another.

At approximately 6:50 a.m., soldiers from 4th Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, utilized a tank main gun round to engage a group of criminals carrying a rocket tripod. The round destroyed the tripod.

At approximately 9:10 a.m., criminals fired upon soldiers from 4-64 AR with small-arms fire. The tankers returned fire with one round from their main gun and killed one criminal. At approximately 9:15 a.m., the soldiers fired a single round from their main gun, targeting criminals who were attempting to use an improvised-rocket launcher, resulting in two criminals killed and the launcher destroyed.

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