Mortar shell explosion kills 1, injures 3 Iraqi militia fighters.

The Iraqi Shiite militia armed group "Popular Mobilization Organization" issued a statement on the 25th saying that one of its members died in the northern Salahuddin province due to a mortar shell explosion. A source from the Iraqi security forces told reporters that at the time of the incident, members of the "Popular Mobilization Organization" were conducting cleaning and maintenance operations in a military base, and the explosion resulted in one death and three injuries.