10 security elements killed in bombing in Samarra

(IraqiNews.com) Salah AL-Dien – A security source in Salahuddin province announced on Wednesday, that ten members of the joint forces had been killed in an attack carried out by the ISIS using booby- trapped vehicles in the district of Samarra south of Tikrit (170 km north of Baghdad).

The source stated in an interview for IraqiNews.com : “ISIS elements carried out a violent attack using four booby-trapped vehicles driven by suicide bombers on al-Abbasiya and Sharif Abbas regions north of Samarra,” noting that “two vehicles were detonated by the security forces and the other one exploded before reaching the targe, while the fourth vehicle exploded at a police checkpoint, resulting in the death of ten members of the joint forces.”