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12 Civilians Running From Daesh Killed in Bomb Blast in Northern Iraq

© AP PhotoIn this Sunday, July 19, 2015 photo, smoke rises following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike against Islamic State group positions as a bulldozer belonging to the Iraqi security forces backed by Shiite and pro-government Sunni fighters is deployed for fighting against Islamic State group militants in Tash district in southern Ramadi, Anbar province, Iraq
In this Sunday, July 19, 2015 photo, smoke rises following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike against Islamic State group positions as a bulldozer belonging to the Iraqi security forces backed by Shiite and pro-government Sunni fighters is deployed for fighting against Islamic State group militants in Tash district in southern Ramadi, Anbar province, Iraq - Sputnik International
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At least 12 civilians and one police officer were killed in a bomb explosion in northern Iraq, police Lt. Col. Fatah Hassan said.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The Iraqi civilians fleeing the Hawijah area controlled by Islamic State (Daesh) jihadists were being transported by police to the west of the country when the bomb hit the police vehicle, Hassan said as cited by the Al Arabiya broadcaster on Saturday.

According to Hassan, 12 civilians and one policeman were killed. A number of civilians and policemen were injured in the explosion.

The radical Sunni Daesh group, outlawed in numerous countries throughout the world, has taken control of vast areas in Iraq and Syria, forcing thousands of people, particularly religious minorities, to flee their homes.

Hawijah, located in Iraq's Kirkuk province, was seized by Daesh in 2014.

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