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Kirkuk police nab ISIS terror cell

The Iraqi police in Kirkuk province arrested six members of an "Islamic State of Iraq and Syria" (ISIS) terror cell in two separate operations on Thursday and Friday (May 5th), a police spokesman told Diyaruna.

"Joint police-Peshmerga forces launched two raids in south-west Kirkuk and arrested the members of an ISIS cell, seizing weapons, bombs and an explosive vest in the operation," Kirkuk police spokesman Col. Salam al-Jaf said.

The arrests were made based on intelligence information and the confessions of a terror suspect who is under investigation, he said.

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