5 IA elements killed, wounded in Tikrit

Salah-il-Din, Tikrit (IraqiNews.com) Five Iraqi Army elements were either killed or wounded when an Improvised Explosive Device exploded to the southeastern of Tikrit city.Security source reported to IraqiNews.com ”The IED, which was emplaced on a roadside in Jalam area, exploded targeting an Army patrol which was passing to the southeastern of Tikrit city,” noting that “The explosion of the EID resulted in killing an officer with a Major rank and wounding four soldiers.””The security forces attended the incident scene transporting the dead body to the morgue and the wounded soldiers to the hospital for treatment,” the source concluded. END