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Suicide bombers in deadly twin raids in northern Iraq

ByAFP, Kirkuk
Oct 21, 2016 11:53 AM IST

Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked government targets in the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk and killed 16

Gunmen wearing suicide vests attacked government targets in the Kurdish-controlled city of Kirkuk and killed 16 at an Iranian-run construction site further north on Friday as troops advanced on jihadist bastion Mosul.

Three bombers infiltrated a power plant being built by an Iranian company .(AP Photo)
Three bombers infiltrated a power plant being built by an Iranian company .(AP Photo)

There was no immediate claim for the attacks but nearly all such raids have been carried out by the Islamic State group, which is attempting to defend its last major Iraqi tronghold against a massive military offensive.

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In one attack, three bombers infiltrated a power plant being built by an Iranian company near Dibis, a town about 40 kilometres (25 miles) northwest of Kirkuk, the mayor said.

“Three suicide bombers attacked the power plant at around 6:00 am (0300 GMT), killing 12 Iraqi administrators and engineers and four Iranian technicians,” Dibis mayor Abdullah Nureddin al-Salehi told AFP.

A police lieutenant colonel confirmed the casualty toll.

The mayor said the attack led to clashes with security forces, who managed to kill one of the bombers before he detonated his vest. The other two blew themselves up once they were surrounded, he said.

Hours earlier, a commando of suicide bombers armed with rifles attacked multiple locations in Kirkuk, an ethnically divided city 240 kilometres (150 miles) north of Baghdad, security sources said.

A Kurdish intelligence officer said four suicide bombers attacked the main police headquarters in the city at around 3:00 am (2400 GMT Thursday).

“The security forces managed to shoot one of them dead, the other three blew themselves up,” he said.

Several other targets in the south of the city were attacked by what the officer said were members of IS, sparking clashes with security forces that were still ongoing five hours later.

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