KIRKUK: Militants shot down an Iraqi military helicopter on Wednesday, killing four security forces members, as nine people died in other violence, officials said.
The helicopter was shot down during a large-scale operation against militants in a desert area west of Baiji, a town north of Baghdad, killing two crew members and two soldiers who were on board, army officers said.
Iraqi helicopters are periodically hit by gunfire during operations, including one last month in which a pilot was wounded.
In the northern city of Kirkuk, a car bomb detonated near the governorate headquarters, killing two people and wounding 15.
Attacks in Nineveh province, also in northern Iraq, killed three people, while violence in Diyala province left two more dead and two wounded.
And a bomb exploded near a vegetable market southeast of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding six. (AFP)
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