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IS Mortar Attack on Iraq Soccer Field Kills 6

Associated Press

   BAGHDAD - Police in Iraq say Islamic State militants have fired mortar
   rounds at a soccer field near a Shi'ite shrine, killing six civilians
   and wounding nine others.

   The attack occurred late Saturday in the village of Daquq, in Iraq's
   northern Kirkuk province, as people were exercising.

   Police officials confirmed the attack, speaking on condition of
   anonymity in line with regulations.

   The area of the attack, southeast of the city of Kirkuk, is controlled
   by Iran-supported militias known as the Popular Mobilization Forces.

   IS, which once ruled a self-styled Islamic caliphate sprawling across
   Iraq and Syria, no longer controls territory in either country but has
   continued to stage sporadic attacks.

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