Mortar attack injures 4 children in northern Iraq

SALADIN, Iraq At least four children in northern Iraq were injured in a mortar attack on Tuesday, a local police officer said. Mustafa Hassan, the police chief in Tuz Khurmatu district, told Anadolu Agency that the attack was carried out in the district by Daesh/ISIS terrorist organization. Four children were injured as the mortar shells hit a house in the Tuz Khurmatu, which is home to many Turkmens, Hassan added. On Monday, six people were injured in a bomb attack in the same district. *Writing by Gozde Bayar