BAGHDAD, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- The extremist Islamic State (IS) militants killed five family members and wounded two others on Tuesday in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala, a local official said.
The incident took place at a village near the town of al-Maqdadiyah, some 100 km northeast of Baghdad, when IS militants shot dead a shepherd and planted a bomb under his body and another one on the road leading to the body, Hatem al-Tamimi, mayor of the town, told Xinhua.
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