Alwaght- The ISIS terrorist group claimed responsibility for the killing of at least nine Iraqi federal policemen on Sunday in a bomb attack on their convoy near the oil city of Kirkuk, the militant group said on its Telegram channel.
Police and government sources told AFP that a bomb blast initially targeted a truck transporting the men.
'An assailant has been killed, and we are looking for the others'
- Iraq federal police officer
It was followed by "a direct attack with small arms", near the village of Chalal al-Matar, a federal police officer told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"An assailant has been killed, and we are looking for the others," the officer said, adding that two policemen were also wounded in the attack.
