Speaking to AlSumaria News on Monday evening, a security source said an explosive charge “targeted a police patrol on the main road linking Kirkuk to Riyadh district, leaving three policemen injured.

According to the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, a security force “carried the trio to a nearby hospital for treatment.”

Kirkuk officials previously urged reinforcing military troops in the south and west of the province, as the region still has Islamic State members who escaped during liberation of Hawija to remote areas.

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