The attack is the latest in a spate of suicide bombings and attacks across Iraq in the past week.
Screengrab from a video showing a fire at the gas plant.
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ISIS militants attacked a natural gas plant in Iraq Sunday, killing at least 12 people, officials said.
The group launched a coordinated assault on the plant in Taji, north of the capital of Baghdad, at dawn when a car bomb exploded at the main gate, the Associated Press reported.
A medical official confirmed the casualty figures to AP but spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.
Iraq's interior ministry spokesman, Brigadier General Saad Maan, said three gas storage units were torched during the attack.
"Civil defense forces managed to extinguish the fire," he said in a statement released to Rudaw.
"The terrorists exploded a truck at the door of the factory and then six suicide bombers wearing explosive belts stormed into the factory."
The IS-affiliated Aamaq news agency credited a group of "Caliphate soldiers" for the attack.
Since Wednesday, more than 100 people have been killed in several bombings in Baghdad and elsewhere across the country, AP reported.
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