YEMEN Press Agency

IED’s explosion kills three Iraqi soldiers in Kirkuk

KIRKUK, Dec. 22 (YPA) – At least three Iraqi soldiers were killed and two others were injured in an explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in Kirkuk, Alsumaria TV reported, citing a security source on Wednesday .

According to the source, ” an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded and targeted members of the army in Al-Zab town of Hawija district, which is a part of the Kirkuk Governorate, killing three soldiers and wounding two others.”

The Islamic State terrorist group claimed responsibility for terrorist attacks near Kirkuk and Albu Bali in Iraq last Sunday, which killed at least nine Iraqi policemen and eight civilians.

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