The Iraqi Army ordered “the formation of an investigative committee” to find those responsible. The jihadist group claimed responsibility for the attack, which was carried out with an explosive device.
The jihadist group Islamic State (IS) claimed responsibility this Sunday for the attack on a police patrol in northern Iraq, which left ten officers dead, as confirmed in a statement.
“Ten policemen were killed, including an officer, by an attack by caliphate soldiers in Kirkuk, where they attacked a rogue federal police patrol, in the village of Al Tarfaui”, detailed the statement from the terrorist organization.
According to the letter, the members of IS “they detonated an explosive device and attacked the soldiers with shrapnel and grenades”.
“When another patrol came to support, it was attacked by the soldiers. jihadists with a projectile”. In addition to the deaths, the attack caused “the destruction of an armored vehicle,” they detailed.
Islamic State terrorist attack left 10 policemen killed
Kirkuk police colonel Husein al-Obeidi, assured today that units were sent to the area, activated the “maximum alert” and began to search for those who had planted the explosive device.
For his part, the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Muhammad Shia’ al-Sudani, ordered “the formation of a committee to investigate the cowardly terrorist attack that resulted in the death of an officer with a major rank and several associates”.
The Iraqi Army spokesman, Yahya Rasoolhe told the Iraqi news agency (INA) that “the commander-in-chief ordered the security forces to pay attention and inspect the roads carefully and not give terrorist elements a chance.”
< h2>Other recent attacks carried out by the Islamic State
Last November, another four policemen were killed in another armed attack carried out by the Islamic State in the province of Kirkuk.
IS conquered large areas of Iraq in 2014, especially in Sunni areas in the north and center of the country, but gradually lost control of those territories due to the advance of Iraqi forces until at the end of 2017 Baghdad declared territorial victory over the jihadists.
However, some remnants of the terrorist group are still active in the country, as well as in neighboring Syria, and carry out attacks, mainly against the security forces what.