45 ISIS elements killed, wounded in coalition strike southwest of Kirkuk
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(IraqiNews.com) Kirkuk – A security source in Kirkuk province said on Tuesday, that 45 ISIS elements had been either killed or injured in an aerial bombing by the international coalition southwest of the province.
The source said in a statement received by IraqiNews.com, “This evening, warplanes of the international coalition conducted an aerial strike on a convey belonging to ISIS on Nineveh-Hawija road (55 km southwest of Kirkuk),” pointing out that, “The aerial bombardment resulted in killing 30 ISIS elements and wounding 15 others.”
The source also added, “The strikes also targeted sites for ISIS in Hawija, resulting in the destruction of a workshop for booby-trapping vehicles and manufacturing explosive devices in the industrial neighborhood.”