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Militants attack Iraq city of Kirkuk | |
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Armed militants have raided government buildings in the Iraqi city of Kirkuk. | |
Iraqi media said suicide bombers had attacked police stations and a power plant, but that security forces repelled fighters. | |
The so-called Islamic State group said it was behind the attack, with its fighters breaking into the town hall and taking control of a hotel. | |
It comes as Iraqi government-led forces attempt to retake the IS stronghold of Mosul. | |
A curfew has been imposed in Kirkuk "until further notice", Iraqi media said. | |
The Beirut-based newspaper Al-Sumaria reported that after the dawn attack, police had killed one suicide bomber but three others blew themselves up. | |
A district police chief, Brig Gen Sarhad Qadir, told the paper that the situation was under control. |