June 11 (EUROPA PRESS) –
At least three Iraqi soldiers have been killed in an attack attributed to Islamic State in Kirkuk province, the Iraqi Army has reported.
The attack began at around 10:00 p.m. on Saturday, local time, against a commander of the 32nd Army brigade in the municipality of al Dibs, according to a statement collected by the official Iraqi news agency NINA.
Among the deceased are two officers, a major and a lieutenant of the Army, and three other soldiers have been injured.
Despite its territorial defeat, Islamic State retains between 300 and 400 fighters distributed in various roving cells inside Iraqi territory, according to security estimates.
