BAGHDAD, June 27 (Xinhua) -- Three Iraqi security members were killed and seven others wounded on Sunday in attacks by the militants of the extremist group Islamic State (IS), security sources said.
One of the attacks took place in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala. A roadside bomb planted by IS militants exploded in a village near the provincial capital Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad, killing an Iraqi soldier and wounding another, Major Alaa al-Saadi from the provincial police told Xinhua.
Also in the province, another roadside bomb exploded in a village near Baquba, leaving four soldiers wounded, said al-Saadi, adding that a joint force from the Iraqi army and police launched a search campaign to track down the militants.
In Iraq's northern province of Kirkuk, IS militants opened fire in the morning on a federal police position near the town of al-Riyadh in the south of the provincial namesake capital, some 250 km north of Baghdad, Major Abbas al-Obaidi from the provincial police told Xinhua.
The attack resulted in the killing of two policemen and the wounding of two others, al-Obaidi said.
The security situation in Iraq has improved since the Iraqi security forces defeated the IS militants across the country late in 2017. However, IS remnants have since melted into urban areas or deserts and rugged areas, carrying out frequent guerilla attacks against security forces and civilians. Enditem
