Five Iraqi federal policemen were killed on Wednesday in a roadside bomb explosion in the country’s northern province of Kirkuk, a security official said.<\/p>\n
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Five Iraqi federal policemen were killed on Wednesday in a roadside bomb explosion in the country’s northern province of Kirkuk, a security official said.<\/p>\n
The incident took place in the early morning when a roadside bomb, apparently planted by ISIS militants, detonated on a federal police patrol on a highway near the town of al-Rashad in south the provincial capital Kirkuk, which itself located some 250 km north of Baghdad, Salih al-Obeidi from the provincial police told Xinhua.<\/p>\n
The explosion destroyed a police vehicle, killing four policemen and an officer aboard, al-Obeidi said.<\/p>\n
Iraq security forces cordoned off the area and launched a search operation looking for the attackers, al-Obeidi added.<\/p>\n
The security situation in Iraq was dramatically improved after Iraqi security forces fully defeated the extremist IS militants across the country late in 2017.<\/p>\n
ISIS remnants, however, have since melted in urban areas or resorted to deserts and rugged areas as safe havens, carrying out frequent guerilla attacks against security forces and civilians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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