BAGHDAD, Sept. 22 (Xinhua) -- The extremist Islamic State (IS) militants shot dead four family members in an overnight attack on their house in the western province of Anbar, a provincial official said Sunday.

The incident took place in late Saturday night, when IS militants broke into a house, belonging to a member of the paramilitary tribal Hashd Shaabi fighters at the edges of the town of al-Kheirat, some 60 km east of the provincial capital Ramadi, Imad al-Dulaimi, the mayor of the town, told Xinhua.

The extremist militants opened fire on the family and killed the paramilitary member, two women and a child before fleeing the scene to an unknown destination, al-Dulaimi said.

Iraqi security forces rushed to the scene and launched a search campaign looking for the attackers, al-Dulaimi added.

The security situation in Iraq was dramatically improved after Iraqi security forces fully defeated the extremist IS militants across the country late in 2017.

IS remnants, however, have since melted in urban areas or resorted to deserts and rugged areas as safe havens, carrying out frequent hit-and-run attacks against security forces and civilians. Enditem

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