ISIS claims responsibility for deadly attack on Iraqi police near Kirkuk
ISIS said it was behind an attack that killed an Iraqi federal police officer and wounded others southwest of Kirkuk.
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AIISIS, also known as the Islamic State, claimed responsibility on Tuesday for an attack that took place yesterday, killing an Iraqi federal police officer and injuring others southwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk.
This marks the first reported assault by ISIS militants on Iraqi security forces since the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq on September 30, which ended the American military mission in the country.