was killed by Iraqi security forces in the Mukashifa district of Salah al-Din. On the same day, an Iraqi soldier was killed in an ISIS attack in Al-Baaj, west of Mosul. October October 1 - A spokesman for the Iraqi armed forces announced the killing of 8 ISIS members during a military operation in Kirkuk governorate. October 3 - An Iraqi soldier was killed and 3 others, including and officer, were wounded after ISIL operatives attacked a military checkpoint on the border between Diyala and Salah al-Din. October 4 - An Iraqi athlete was killed after ISIL snipers targeted them as they were receiving sports equipment from a stadium on the outskirts of Muqdadiya district, Diyala. October 5 - ISIL's Amaq News Agency released a 50-minute video of IS operations in Iraq. The footage showed the execution of at least 22 people including 2 beheadings and several minutes of combat footage against Iraqi and allied forces. October 10 - A police major was killed and another policeman was injured after IS militants attacked the village of Sateeh, southwest of Kirkuk. October 11 - ISIL's chief financer, Sami Jasim Muhammad al-Jaburi, was arrested by Iraqi security forces in Baghdad. October 18 - Abu Ubaida Baghdad, the IS militant responsible for the 2016 Karrada bombing was arrested by Iraqi security forces after a complex intelligence mission outside of Iraq. October 19 - ISIL released footage of them executing a man who had 'abandoned islam' and who was allegedly making a living from repairing Iraq military vehicles. October 21 - A civilian was killed and another was injured after ISIS militants attacked a police checkpoint near the town of Badush, northwest of Mosul. October 22 - The Iraqi defence ministry announced that Iraqi security forces had killed Osama al-Mulla, ISIS's deputy chief in charge of security, during a security operation in Al-Rutba, in western Iraq. October 26 - A soldier of the PMF was killed and 2 others were wounded in an ISIS attack on a PMF checkpoint on the outskirts of Al-Saadiya district in Diyala governorate. Later that day, 11 civilians were killed and 18 more were wounded in an ISIS attack on predominantly-Shia Al-Rashad village in Diyala province. Iraqi president Barham Salih said the attack was a “despicable attempt to destabilise the country”. 8 Sunni civilians were later killed in a revenge attack by Shia tribesmen on the Sunni village of