IS attack leave casualties among security personnel, civilians in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Twelve people were killed and injured in an attack carried out by Islamic State members in southwest of Kirkuk, a security source said on Monday.
Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said “a terrorist group attacked, early today, a checkpoint of Tribal Mobilization Forces near Qurret Tabah village, which resulted in wounding some of them.”
Later, “a bomb went off targeting the medics, which killed two of them and injuring ten, most of whom were civilians,” he added.
“Federal police troops cordoned off the blast scene. The victims were taken to forensic medicine department, while the injured were taken to hospital,” the source, who preferred anonymity, added.
Meanwhile, security sources were quoted by Shafaq News website as saying that the attack left two personnel of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) killed, while four others were injured.
Another security source said civilians were likely to have been kidnapped by the militant group.
Moreover, a statement by the media service of PMFs said troops “along with Federal Police repelled an attack, today, by 20 militants in Qurret Tabah village.”
Four Islamic State militants arrested during security campaign in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (Iraqinews.com) – Federal police forces in Iraq have arrested four members of Islamic State (IS) and destroyed three of their terrorist hotbeds during a security campaign in Kirkuk.
The Federal Police Command, according to Iraqi website Alghad Press, said, “Troops of the 5th and 6th divisions of the federal police, backed by Iraqi warplanes, launched a security campaign from three axes to eliminate IS gangs and maintain law on the outskirts of Kirkuk.”
“The troops managed to arrest four IS members and destroyed three of their hideouts during the operation,” the command said, adding that the operation will continue until purging the remaining areas from terrorism.
Paramilitary troops repulse IS infiltration attempt into southwest of Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) The pro-government paramilitary troops repelled an Islamic State infiltration attempt into southwest of Kirkuk, the media service reported on Tuesday.
In a statement, al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) said troops “repulsed an Islamic State attack toward al-Harariyat and al-Fataha regions and thwarted an infiltration attempt by Islamic State members from the river side toward the two regions.”
Iraqi police forces kill Islamic State’s security official in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (Iraqinews.com) – Iraqi police forces killed on Tuesday a senior Islamic State (IS) leader during a security crackdown that was launched earlier in the day to eliminate dormant terrorist cells in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk.
Lt. Gen. Shaker Jawdat, the chief of the Federal Police, said that “the 20th brigade of the federal police managed to kill Fares Khales Saleh Al-Mafraji, the security official in the Islamic State’s so-called Kirkuk State, during a security operation in the Dibis district in Kirkuk.”