Mortar shells fall on Federal Police headquarters in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews) An official source informed, on Monday, that the headquarters of the Federal Police in Kirkuk was attacked by mortar shells.
In a statement, the source said that a number of mortar shells fell on the headquarters of the Federal Police in al-Riyad area, in Kirkuk,
... a thick stew of Arabs, Turkmen, Kurds, and probably Antarcticans, all of them mutually hostile most of the time...
without causing any casualties.
The source further added that the incident was probed to determine the area from which the shells were fired.
Two IS terrorists arrested after attacking security checkpoint in Kirkuk
Kirkuk (IraqiNews.com) – Police forces arrested on Tuesday two members of the Islamic State militant group in the oil-rich province of Kirkuk, the Interior Ministry said.
The pair launched an attack on a security checkpoint in al Rashad district in Baghdad last week, leaving two policemen dead and three others wounded, the ministry said in a press statement.
They confessed belonging to the Islamic State militant group. They also led the police to an underground tunnel that was used by IS militants.