
Islamic State affiliates attack polling station in northern Iraq during parliamentary vote
Affiliates of Islamic State have attacked a polling station in Iraq’s northern Kirkuk Governorate, injuring a police officer, the Iraqi Al-Sumaria TV reports.
The attackers opened fire from a sniper rifle at a polling station located in a school in the al-Rashad district, Al-Sumaria said, citing a security source. One police officer was injured.
A security source told Sputnik on Sunday that two Iraqi soldiers were injured as a result of an armed attack at a polling station in the eastern province of Diyala. The Iraqi security services said later in the day that a soldier mistakenly shot one comrade and injured another one.
Source: Sputnik News