ROCKET ATTACK KILLS SIX IN IRAQ’S OIL-RICH KIRKUK
BAGHDAD A rocket
attack killed six people and wounded nine others overnight at a sports stadium
in oil-rich Kirkuk, north of Baghdad, Iraqi security forces said Sunday.
“Six civilians were
killed and nine others were wounded in an attack with rocket-propelled grenades
and medium-grade weapons,” they said in a statement.
It said the attack
targeted a football stadium in Daquq in the ethnically diverse province of
Kirkuk.
There was no immediate
claim of responsibility, but security forces pointed the finger at Daesh
“terrorist gangs.”
Iraq announced victory
against Daesh in late 2017 after three years of ferocious fighting backed by
paramilitary forces and the US-led air coalition.
But Daesh sleeper
cells still carry out hit-and-run attacks, particularly in vast desert regions
of northern and western Iraq near the porous border with Syria.
Those regions have
long seen ethnic and religious tensions, with communities there remaining at
odds over territory and oil.
On Sunday, the head of
the Turkmen Front cast doubt on Daesh’s involvement.
“The targeting of
Daquq is political par excellence, to create instability and impose political
wills,” said Iraqi MP Arshad Al-Salehi.
Source: Arab News – 27
August 2019
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