Casualties in ISIS attack in northern Iraq
ERBIL, KRI, Iraq (North Press) – On Sunday, the Iraqi army announced the killing and wounding of a number of its soldiers, including two officers, in an attack launched by members of the Islamic State (ISIS) in the northern Governorate of Kirkuk.
The Security Media Cell said in a statement that, late on Saturday evening, ISIS militants launched an attack with light and medium weapons on a post belonging to the 32nd Brigade of the 8th Division of the Iraqi army, near the village of Tel al-Ward in the Dibis district of Kirkuk Governorate.
The attack claimed the lives of two officers, one was a lieutenant colonel and the other was the first lieutenant, and wounding three soldiers.
The attack comes as the Iraqi forces regularly target suspected hideouts belonging to ISIS in the country’s remote areas, as the Iraqi army was launching strikes and qualitative operations that left heavy losses on ISIS militants, the security statement added.
Following the incident, deputy commander of joint operations, Qais al-Muhammadawi, arrived in Kirkuk to check the incident and inspect the wounded.
A joint investigation committee also arrived to find out the circumstances of the attack, and to find out its causes,” according to the security statement.