UPDATE 1 — Explosion at Iraqi paramilitary alliance base kills one member, sources say
(Recasts with one person being killed, adds context in paragraph 3) Oct 17 (Reuters) — An explosion at the Popular Mobilisation Forces headquarters in Baghdad killed one member of the Iraqi paramilitary group and wounded four others, according to a security and a medical source. The group earlier said a stockpile of obsolete ammunition had exploded. The PMF, known in Arabic as Hashd al-Shaabi, is an umbrella group of mostly Shi'ite paramilitary factions that has been formally integrated into Iraq's state security forces and includes several groups aligned with Iran. (Reporting by Muayad Hameed; Editing by Kevin Liffey)
(Recasts with one person being killed, adds context in paragraph 3) Oct 17 (Reuters) — An explosion at the Popular Mobilisation Forces headquarters in Baghdad killed one member of the Iraqi paramilitary group and wounded four others, according to a security and a medical source. The group earlier said a stockpile of obsolete ammunition had exploded. The PMF, known in Arabic as Hashd al-Shaabi, is an umbrella group of mostly Shi'ite paramilitary factions that has been formally integrated into Iraq's state security forces and includes several groups aligned with Iran. (Reporting by Muayad Hameed; Editing by Kevin Liffey)