Kirkuk- Islamic State has blown up an electricity station, southwest of Kirkuk, an informed official from the electricity department in the province said on Sunday.

Speaking to AlSumaria News, the source said, “groups of Islamic State members set the electricity station of Therban village, near Fataha region, southwest of Kirkuk, on fire, burning the station and causing damages.”

Technical teams, according to the source, who preferred anonymity, said “inspected the station as well as the damages caused as result of the blast in the station, which provides several villages in Hawija with electricity.”

Published in Iraqi News, 29th July, 2018

Islamic State blows up electricity station in Kirkuk, amid power crisis