IED

IED event in Kirkuk, Kirkuk area, Iraq on Mon 14th September 2020

14th September 2020

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On 14 September 2020, an unidentified armed group planted an IED in a car that was transporting the guards of the National Kirkuk Gasoline and Hydrogenation Plant behind the village of Korka Jal (Girgachali), north of Kirkuk, on the Kirkuk-Erbil main road, as they were being transported to the hospital. Sources reported that the explosion only resulted in material damage.

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Iraq (IRQ)

Kirkuk ( Kirkuk area )

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