BAGHDAD, Oct 8 (NNN-NINA) – A security officer, in Iraq’s Kurdistan region, was killed yesterday, by the explosion of two bombs attached to his car, the Kurdish Counter-Terrorism Service (CTS) said in a statement.
The statement named the assassinated officer as Colonel Hawkar Abdullah, a Kurdish security officer, adding that, the attack took place in Erbil, the capital of the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.
The CTS said that, the blast killed Abdullah and wounded four of his family members, adding that, the attack was a terror act and investigation into the incident was launched.
Also yesterday, the Iraqi Interior Ministry’s Intelligence Office said in a statement that, the security forces spotted three Daesh militants in a rugged area, in the south of the city of Kirkuk, some 250 km north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.
Based on accurate intelligence reports, Iraqi warplanes conducted an air strike on the militants’ hideout, killing a Daesh local leader and two militants, the statement said, adding that, an intelligence force arrived at the scene and found the bodies of the three militants.
Over the past months, Iraqi security forces have conducted operations against extremist militants, to crack down on their intensified activities.
