In photos: 5 Iraqi policemen dead as bomb blast targets their bus in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – Five federal policemen were killed Tuesday in a bomb blast in Hawija district in Kirkuk, a security source was quoted as saying.
Speaking to the privately-owned Ayn Al Iraq news website, the source said that “an explosive charge targeted a bus carrying policemen on the highway between Kirkuk and Salahuddin.”
The blast, which took place in Azerban village in southern Hawija, left five policemen dead and several others wounded, added the source.
6 IS members killed in Iraqi military airstrike between Kirkuk, Salahuddin
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Six Islamic State members were killed in a region between Kirkuk and Salahuddin provinces as a result of shelling by the Iraqi fighter jets, a security source was quoted saying on Tuesday.
Speaking to Baghdad Today website, the source said “Iraqi jets carried out, this evening airstrikes in the vicinity of al-Fatha and Hawija town, between Kirkuk and Salahuddin provinces, targeting Islamic State hideouts.”
The strikes, according to the source, who preferred anonymity, left six militants killed.
Bomb blast leaves 16 people killed, wounded in Iraq
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – Up to 16 people, mostly policemen, were killed and wounded Tuesday as a bomb blast targeted their bus on a highway between Baghdad and Kirkuk, a security source was quoted as saying.
“An explosive charge planted on the side of a road between Baghdad and Kirkuk went off while a bust carrying policemen was passing by the area,” the source told Alghad Press news website.
According to the source, the bomb attack left the bus driver and a policeman dead, and 14 others wounded.