Shrapnel from bombing kills woman in Iraq, health, security officials say

Middle East Eye · March 11, 2026 War

Shrapnel from bombing kills woman in Iraq, health, security officials say Shrapnel killed a woman following a strike on an arms depot belonging to an Iran-backed armed group in central Iraq, health and security officials told AFP. A security source said "a bombing targeted an arms depot at a military base", which mainly hosts the powerful Asaib Ahl al-Haq group in the eastern Wasit province. He added that "a woman was killed when shrapnel from a rocket fell near her after the strike".

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