2 policemen killed in Daesh/ISIS attack in northern Iraq

KIRKUK, Iraq (AA) - Two Iraqi policemen were killed in a Daesh/ISIS attack in Kirkuk province in northern Iraq on Wednesday, according to a local police officer.

Daesh/ISIS terrorists targeted a police patrol in Jabal Bawr in the Chiman district in the province, police spokesman Amer Nuri told Anadolu.

Iraqi police sent reinforcements to the area following the attack.

Daesh/ISIS overran Iraq's Mosul, Salahuddin and Anbar provinces in 2014, as well as parts of Diyala and Kirkuk provinces, before these regions were gradually freed from the terror group.

Iraqi authorities announced victory against Daesh/ISIS on Dec. 9, 2017, yet the group still carries out sporadic attacks in the rural areas of these provinces.

*Writing by Mahmoud Barakat