Islamic State fighters attack police compound, power plant in northern Iraq’s Kirkuk

IRBUL, Iraq — With an offensive underway to oust Islamic State from the northern city of Mosul, militants staged a surprise attack early Friday about 95 miles south in Kirkuk. “It was expected that (Islamic State) sleeper cells would make a move in Kirkuk one day,” Kirkuk Gov. Najmaldin Karim told the Kurdish news agency Rudaw,…