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IS attacks gas plant near Baghdad

The latest in a string of asymmetric attacks around the capital, IS militants partially destroyed a propane filling station in Taji before Energy Police regained control.
Iraqi firefighters try to extinguish a fire at a propane filling station in Taji, north of Baghdad, on May 15, 2016. (Associated Press)

BAGHDAD - Militants from the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) killed at least seven people and partially destroyed a propane filling station in Taji, north of Baghdad – the latest in a string of high-profile, asymmetric attacks aimed at bolstering the IS group's flagging military campaign.

Security forces maintained control of the facility, killing all of the IS militants participating in the attack.

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