KIRKUK (Iraq), Dec 19 Islamic State group jihadists said yesterday they had carried out an attack in northern Iraq killing nine police officers, setting off a roadside bomb.
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In the wake of the twin suicide bombings in Baghdad earlier this week, Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi pledged that a security breach in the capital city would not be repeated , stressing the need to urgently address the challenges facing by the country s intelligence services. A statement by his office issued on Friday said that al-Kadhimi s comments came during the extraordinary session of the Ministerial Council for National Security a day after the deadly bombings that killed 32 people and injured 116 others, reports Xinhua news agency. What happened yesterday is a breach that we do not allow to be repeated. We promised our people to provide security, al-Kadhimi said.
Twin suicide bombings ripped through a busy market in the Iraqi capital Thursday, killing at least 28 people and wounding 73 others, officials said. The rare suicide bombing attack hit the Bab al-Sharqi commercial area in central Baghdad amid heightened political tensions.