IS militants kill two people, kidnap three others at fake checkpoint in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (Iraqinews.com) – Militants of the Islamic State (IS) group killed on Monday night two people and kidnapped three others in oil-rich Kirkuk, a security source was quoted as saying.
Speaking to Alsumaria News, the source said that IS insurgents killed two persons and kidnapped three others after they set up a “fake checkpoint in a village in Hawija district, Kirkuk.”
“The abducted persons were taken to an unknown location,” according to the source.
The source pointed out that a probe was opened into the incident.
21 people, including children, killed, injured in attack, south of Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) Twenty one people, including children, were killed and injured in an attack that targeted two families, south of Kirkuk, a source from Tuz Khurmatu hospital said on Tuesday.
Speaking to Baghdad Today website, the source said, “the death toll of the attack have reached six victims, while fifteen others were wounded.”
Earlier today, a security source said several people were killed and injured in attack by unidentified gunmen in south of Kirkuk.
“Gunmen coming from behind Tuz Khurmatu mountains attacked a vehicle carrying two families who were on way back from a trip in the north,” the source said.
The attackers, according to the source, “opened fire against the vehicle leaving a child and a man killed, while others were wounded.