ERBIL — Iraqi security forces on Sunday killed a militant of the Islamic State (IS) while he was planting an improvised explosive device.

A spokesperson for Kirkuk Police Department told BasNews that two IS jihadist were spotted on the road between Kirkuk and Tikrit, where they were preparing a bomb to go off.

Security forces killed one of them and the second was wounded and captured.

A day earlier, Iraqi police forces suffered two fatalities and four injured during a fierce clash in west of Kirkuk.

BasNews