Iraqi officials say Islamic State militants have attacked a police base in a town that is being used as a staging ground for the Mosul offensive, killing at least one policeman.
Cpt Mahmoud Attia, a police spokesman, told The Associated Press that a sleeper cell of three IS fighters attacked the base on Sunday in Hamam al-Alil, some 30 kilometers south of Mosul.
Rudaw, a local television channel whose reporters were inside the base, said at least two suicide attackers entered the facility before detonating their payloads.