IED wounds 4 IDPs west of Kirkuk

KIRKUK, Kurdistan Region—An improvised explosive device (IED) exploded among a group of internally displaced persons (IDPs) west of Kirkuk, wounding four women and children. 

“In the west of Kirkuk, an IED exploded among a number of IDPs. As a result, four of them were wounded on Sunday,” Brigadier Sarhad Qadir, chief of Kirkuk's suburban police, told Rudaw.

“The families in Mara village west of Kirkuk, when they were trying to reach a secured area, an IED exploded and four were wounded, women and children. They were sent to hospital for treatment,” he added.