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Bomb blast kills two army officers in Iraq

By AFP
September 05, 2024
Members of Iraqi security forces stand near the debris of an armed drone shot down by Iraqs air defences in Kirkuk, Iraq on August 29, 2024. — Reuters
Members of Iraqi security forces stand near the debris of an armed drone shot down by Iraq's air defences in Kirkuk, Iraq on August 29, 2024. — Reuters

KIRKUK, Iraq: Two Iraqi army officers were killed and four soldiers were wounded in a bomb attack on Wednesday in the northern province of Kirkuk, officials said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack in which an improvised explosive device was used in a remote area between the cities of Kirkuk and Arbil, capital of autonomous Kurdistan region. “Two officers, including a colonel, were killed and four soldiers were wounded” when their vehicle drove over the IED, an Iraqi military source said on condition of anonymity.