2 Iraqi officers killed, 3 soldiers wounded in armed attack in Kirkuk
An Iraqi senior military officer and soldiers at the scene of the terrorist attack in Kirkuk governorate. Photo: Social media
Baghdad (IraqiNews.com) – The Iraqi army announced on Sunday that two officers were killed and three soldiers were wounded in an armed attack targeting an army checkpoint in Kirkuk governorate in northern Iraq.
The Iraqi army mentioned in a statement that ISIS terrorists carried out the attack to respond to the painful strikes and qualitative operations carried out by the Iraqi armed forces, which inflicted heavy losses on ISIS terrorists as many leaders of the terrorist group were killed.
The statement elaborated that ISIS terrorists, using light weapons, attacked an army checkpoint in Kirkuk governorate at 10 p.m. on Saturday.
An Iraqi lieutenant colonel and a first lieutenant were killed, and three soldiers were wounded, according to the statement.
The Deputy Commander of the Joint Operations, Qais Al-Muhammadawi, arrived in Kirkuk to check the health conditions of the wounded, and a joint investigation committee arrived in the governorate to investigate how the attack took place, the Iraqi News Agency (INA) mentioned.
Security leaders in Iraq held a meeting to discuss details about the incident and collect information to help them find the terrorists involved in the attack, INA added.
Iraq announced in late 2017 the liberation of all its territories from the grip of ISIS, but the authorities are constantly launching security operations to pursue remnants of the terrorist group that carry out attacks from time to time in the country.
The Global Coalition against Daesh (ISIS) reported last April a decline in attacks in Iraq and Syria during the first quarter of 2023, when terrorists were still active despite their defeat.
The commander of the Combined Joint Task Force, Army Major General Matthew McFarlane, explained last April that ISIS attacks in Iraq declined by 68 percent from the beginning of 2023 until the first week of April compared to the same period last year.