{"id":89178,"date":"2022-12-18T12:05:01","date_gmt":"2022-12-18T12:05:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/?p=89178"},"modified":"2022-12-18T12:05:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-18T12:05:01","slug":"8-iraqi-policemen-killed-in-blast-in-iraqs-kirkuk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/npasyria.com\/en\/89178\/","title":{"rendered":"8 Iraqi policemen killed in blast in Iraq\u2019s Kirkuk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>ERBIL, KRI, Iraq (North Press) \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong>At least eight members of the Iraqi police were killed on Sunday in an IED explosion south of Kirkuk Governorate in the north of Iraq.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A security source told North Press that an IED exploded on a rural road in the vicinity of al-Hawija district, south of Kirkuk, while a security convoy of the Federal Police was passing by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At least eight policemen, including an 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