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25 Oct, KIRKUK- The security authority of Kirkuk province in northern Iraq said on Monday that 74 Islamic State (IS) militants were killed on Friday when dozens of IS militants attacked the provincial capital city of Kirkuk. A statement issued by the provincial security committee said that the security forces and Kurdish Peshmerga fighters foiled the attacks of some 100 IS militants. “The security forces also detained a number of IS militants, including the leader of the attacks, who is an Iraqi national,” the statement said. The IS militants, many wearing explosive vests, attacked the police compound, a building of Kurdish security, known as Asaysh, and some government buildings and mosques inside Kirkuk, some 250 km north of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad. Local Kurdish security forces, backed by Kurdish reinforcement troops from the neighboring provinces of Sulaimaniyah and Arbil, surrounded the IS-held buildings inside the city and killed the attackers after fierce clashes. IS militants also attacked al-Debis power plant, some 35 km northeast of Kirkuk, when at least two suicide bombers entered the station. sparking heavy clash with the guards. The attackers took control of part of the facility and executed 16 workers, including four Iranians. The Iranian victims were technicians of the Iranian Sunir company, which has been implementing a contract of expanding the power plant with the German Siemens company. The attacks in Kirkuk came amid a major offensive by Iraqi security forces, backed by an international anti-IS coalition, to drive out IS militants from its last major stronghold in and around the city of Mosul in northern Iraq. (Xinhua) –
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९ कात्तिक किरकुक (इराक)। उत्तरी इराकको किरकुक प्रान्तमा इस्लामिक स्टेट (आईएस) समूहका लडाकूको प्रान्तीय राजधानीमा आक्रमण गरेपछि गत शुक्रबार गरिएको कारबाहीमा ७४ जना आईएस लडाकूको मृत्यु भएको इराकी सुरक्षाकर्मीले सोमबार एक विज्ञप्ति जारी गरी जानकारी गराएको छ । सुरकारी सुरक्षाकर्मी र पेशमेर्गा लडाकूको संयुक्त प्रयासमा करिब १०० जना आईएस लडाकूद्वारा गरिएको आक्रमणलाई निस्तेज पारिएको थियो । सोही क्रममा केही सुरक्षाकर्मी सामान्य घाइते भएको बताइएको छ । सरकारी सेनाले उक्त आक्रमणको नेतृत्व गरेका केही सरकारी सेनाले आईएस नेता तथा लडाकूलाई सुरक्षा नियन्त्रणमा लिएको बताइएको छ । आईएस लडाकूले विस्फोटक भेस्ट लगाएर प्रहरी कार्यालय परिसरमा प्रवेश गरी आत्मघाती विस्फोट गराउन थालेपछि भएको प्रत्याक्रमणमा इराकी सुरक्षाकर्मीले उल्लेख्य सफलता पाएको थियो । आईएस विद्रोहीले प्रहरी कार्यालय आयास नामक कुर्दिस सुरक्षा दस्ता, केही सरकारी भवन तथा किरकुकमा अवस्थित मस्जिदमा एकैसाथ आक्रमण गरेपछि झडप सुरु भएको थियो । घटनास्थल इराकी राजधानी बग्दादबाट २५० किलोमिटर उत्तरमा अवस्थित रहेको छ । सिन्ह्वा