Press ReleaseMULTI-NATIONAL DIVISION - NORTH
101ST AIRBORNE DIVISION
TIKRIT, IRAQ (FOB SPEICHER)
APO AE 09363
April 09, 2006
Release A060409d
Terrorists killed by their own device
TIKRIT, Iraq – Two terrorists were killed when an Improvised Explosive Device they were constructing detonated prematurely April 8.
The explosion occurred at a house in Baqubah shortly after 8 p.m.
Iraqi Soldiers and Police, along with Task Force Band of Brothers Soldiers from the 3rd Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, heard the explosion and quickly located the house. A search revealed weapons, IED components and other completed IEDs hidden in and around the house.
The munitions and IEDs were safely destroyed in a series of controlled detonations and the Baqubah police are investigating the incident.