21-10-2016 08:48 via uk.news.yahoo.com

Iraq declares curfew in oil city under IS attack

Suspected Islamic State militants attacked several buildings and a power station in the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk in the early hours of Friday, killing eight people, and some of the attackers remained holed up in a mosque and a hotel, security sources said. Six members of the security forces were killed along with two Iranians who were part of a team carrying out maintenance in a power station outside the city, according to a hospital source. At least eight militants were also killed, ei
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