Iraq: Terrorist plot to target markets in Kirkuk foiled

KIRKUK, April 22 (YPA) – Iraqi authorities announced on Saturday that security forces have foiled a terrorist plot by ISIS targeting Kirkuk province.

The intelligence service said in a statement that during a qualitative operation, field and intelligence effort, detachments of the National Security Service in Kirkuk were able to arrest two members of the terrorist organization ISIS, after thwarting a terrorist plot targeting the province’s markets.

The statement added that the arrest came less than hours after they targeted a local police station in Kirkuk province.

On Friday, the terrorist organization ISIS claimed responsibility for the attack on  a military vehicle of the Iraqi army in central Anbar, which resulted in damage to the vehicle and the injury of those inside.

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