BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug 26 (NNN-XINHUA) – A total of five civilians were killed and 20 others wounded overnight, in a mortar attack by the Daesh militants in Iraq’s northern province of Kirkuk, a security official said.
The incident took place late Saturday, when the extremist militants fired mortar rounds on a football field, in the village of Zain al-Abidin, outside the town of Daquq in the south of Kirkuk, 250 km north of Baghdad, Ammar al-Jubouri from Kirkuk provincial police, said.
Al-Jubouri said, five civilians were killed in the attack, including two brothers aged between 10 and 13, while 20 others were wounded, including security personnel.
Following the attack, the militants waged an attack with assault rifles and machine guns, outside the Shiite shrine of Imam Zain al-Abidin, but the security forces and paramilitary Hashd Shaabi fighters repelled the attack.– NNN-XINHUA
