Islamic State claims responsibility for attack killing security personnel in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Islamic State has claimed responsibility for the attack that targeted security personnel and a senior tribesman earlier this week.
A report issued by the militant group’s media arm Amaq agency on Monday said that eight Iraqi security personnel, including six officers and two colonels were killed in an operation by the militants on Riyad-Hawija road.
Another statement by the group’s so-called Kirkuk State Media Center said militants targeted several personnel of al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces) killing eight of them, including six officers.
On Sunday, Kirkuk police said the militants carried out an attack against security troops in al-Rubeida village, south of the province. The attack killed each of Col. Fadel al-Sabaawi, police department chief, his son, a Federal Police personnel, Cap. Ali Ahmed, Maher Ali and Saeed Ahmed, from Tribal Mobilization Forces, and Walid Nuri head of al-Geheish tribe.
Three army personnel killed, injured in bomb attack in Hawija
Kirkuk (Iraqinews.com) – Three army personnel were killed and injured Tuesday in a bomb blast in Hawija town in Kirkuk, a security source was quoted saying.
“An explosive charge went off while an army patrol was passing by al-Safra district in Hawija, leaving two soldiers dead and an officer injured,” the source told Baghdad Today.
Official: IS militants killed 45 civilians, security men in Hawija in two months
Kirkuk (Iraqinews.com) – At least 45 civilians and security personnel were killed in attacks launched by Islamic State militants on Hawija city, Kirkuk, over the past two months, a senior security official said on Tuesday.
“The Iraqi army and police, on the other hand, killed 288 Jihadists and arrested 55 others during the same period,” Middle East Online quoted the official as saying.
Meanwhile, a security expert warned that, “Islamic State militants are still hiding in tunnels at agricultural areas on the outskirts of Hawija.”
“Such IS cells are posing a major threat to the entire region,” expert Sarmad Al-Bayati said, charging IS militants with kidnapping and murdering civilians to prevent the displaced people from returning to their home regions.
Another well-placed officer in the Iraqi Army said that the military operation to liberate Hawija has just focused on the main roads and districts of the city, pointing out that after the recapture of the city from Islamic State, some Jihadists surrendered to the Iraqi troops, while others fled to Hamrin Mountains and surrounding areas.
“The fleeing Jihadists have already killed many relatives of Iraqi soldiers over the past period,” the officer said. 
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