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Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – Three Islamic State terrorists were arrested and 325 explosive charges were detonated during a security operation in Kirkuk, the Iraqi Security Media Center announced Wednesday.
"Police forces have combed several districts and villages in Kirkuk today, arresting three Islamic State members in Makhmur and Erbil districts and detonating 325 explosive charges," Ayn Al Iraq News quoted the center's spokesman Brig. Gen. Yehia Rasool as saying in a statement.
"The troops also found a facility used for making bombs, as well as two explosive belts and six bombs," the spokesman said, adding that two terrorist hotbeds were destroyed in the campaign as well.
Two people wounded in central Kirkuk bomb blast: Source
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Two people were wounded in a bomb blast in central Kirkuk, a security source from the province was quoted saying on Wednesday.
"A bomb was placed on the side of the road in al-Wasti district, central Kirkuk, went off," the source told Baghdad Today website.
"The blast left two people injured," he added.
U.S.-led coalition warplane kills five Islamic State militants in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – Five Islamic State (IS) militants have been killed in a new airstrike by a U.S.-led international coalition warplane in southern Kirkuk province, a security source was quoted as saying.
"A jet fighter of the U.S.-led international coalition targeted a gathering of Islamic State militants in al-Shai area, 45 km south of Kirkuk, leaving five militants dead," the Jordanian-based Al Arab Al Yawm newspaper quoted the source as saying.
The source gave no further details about the incident.
Bomb explosion leaves policeman dead, two others wounded in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – An Iraqi policeman was killed and two others were wounded Wednesday in a bomb blast in Kirkuk, a security source was quoted as saying.
"A bomb attack targeted a police vehicle on the main road between Kirkuk and Riyadh district, leaving a policeman dead and two others wounded," the source told the Baghdad Post website.
According to the source, the explosion "caused severe damage to the vehicle."