RAMADI, Iraq, June 23 (Xinhua) -- Nine people were killed and 11 others were wounded on Friday after 10 Islamic State (IS) suicide bombers attacked a town in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial police source told Xinhua.

"The latest report said that two soldiers and seven family members were killed and 11 others were wounded, including an army officer," the source said on condition of anonymity.

The attack took place in a town of al-Baghdadi in Anbar, some 200 kilometers to the northwest of Iraqi capital Baghdad.

The suicide bombers, wearing explosive belts, broke into a house and killed the seven family members. Then they engaged in clashes with security forces before entering another house, the source said.

The clashes resulted in the killing of two Iraqi soldiers and all the attackers, who were either shot dead or killed after detonating their explosive belts, the source said.

Authorities of the town then imposed a curfew and blocked the entrances to the town, as reinforcement troops were deployed on the main streets.

The incident came as Iraqi security forces, backed by the anti-IS international coalition, were simultaneously conducting a major offensive to dislodge IS militants from their major stronghold in Mosul, northern Iraq. Enditem

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