Publish Date: 25 June 2021 - 12:09

TEHRAN, Jun. 25 (MNA) – Iraqi sources informed on Friday that five Iraqi military forces lost lives in a bomb blast in north Iraq.

According to the reports, a bomb exploded on the way of an Iraqi military delegation in Kirkuk, northern Iraq on early Friday.

ISIL has reportedly accepted the responsibility for the blast.

The ISIL terrorist fired a rocked after the explosion, too.

Five Iraqi soldiers lost lives in the bomb blast but the final death toll has not been announced yet.

Kirkuk is a city in Iraq, serving as the capital of the Kirkuk Governorate, located 238 kilometers north of Baghdad.

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