A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint at the northern entrance to the city of Tikrit, 190 kilometres north of Baghdad, killing eight police and wounding 23, a security source reported.
The attack targeted a convoy of security officials including Salahaddin chief of police Thaman Jabouri and the head of Salahaddin council’s security committee Jassim al-Jabara, who were traveling to the Zauiya area to inspect security installations. They survived the attack, the security source confirmed.
Another four police officers at the checkpoint were shot dead by a militant who was subsequently killed, police and security sources reported.
A curfew has been imposed in Tikrit following the attacks.
No group has claimed responsibility as of yet.
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