Police: At least 3 killed, 4 wounded in ISIS attack in Northern Iraq
Tuesday, 9th July 2019

At least three people were killed and four other injured on Tuesday when three mortar bombs hit the town of Shirqat in northern Iraq, police officials and hospital sources said.
Police in the area said ISIS was involved in the attack and the mortars were fired from a nearby mountainous area where militants are still active.
"ISIS fighters are hiding in (the) Makhoul mountains area and use it as a launchpad for their attacks," said Shirqat police colonel Khalil Sahan, according to news agencies.
ISIS has recently mounted a series of hit-and-run attacks aimed at undermining the government.
Iraq declared victory over the group, which once held large swathes of the country, in December 2017. But after they were defeated and driven out of areas they controlled for years, the militants have adapted their tactics to insurgent-style attacks
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