At least one person has lost their life and four others have been injured this Monday in an attack, preliminarily attributed to Islamic State, against a police station in the province of Kirkuk, in northern Iraq.
Security sources in the area have indicated to the Iraqi news agency Shafaq that the terrorist organization has carried out an offensive against the Third Regiment of the Ninth Brigade of the Federal Police -- a military unit under the umbrella of the Ministry of the Interior -- in the district of Al Hauiya, in the aforementioned province.
According to these same sources, the attack has left at least one deceased and four injured of varying severity, all of whom have been transferred to medical centers for healthcare. Likewise, there has been material damage to the police complex, which has been cordoned off by security forces while evidence is being collected in order to clarify the circumstances of the assault and identify those responsible.
This incident occurs a few days after an operation against the jihadist group in Kirkuk ended with the death of two civilians, both teenagers, one of whom was a member of the cell.
The United States completed the withdrawal of its troops from Iraqi territory last week, a country it invaded in 2003 with the aim of bringing down Saddam Hussein. In 2011, then-President Barack Obama ordered the withdrawal of soldiers, but three years later U.S. forces returned to Iraq as part of the international coalition to combat Islamic State, a mission led by Washington in which European partners such as the United Kingdom, France, Spain, Italy, and Germany also participated.