AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): A bomb explosion near Kirkuk killed at least 12 Iraqi Police officers on Sunday.
The heavy blast occurred in the path of two vehicles of the Iraqi Federal Police officers in the south of Kirkuk Province near the village of Al-Safra in the Riyadh region.
It is said that two high-ranking officers were among the dead.
Currently, security forces are widely present in the area and have blocked the entry and exit roads.
A security source told Baghdad Al-Youm that simultaneous with the bomb explosion, the terrorists started shooting at the police cars. An ISIS attacker was also killed in the conflict.
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