5 IP elements killed, wounded in Tikrit

Salah-il-Din, Tikrit (IraqiNews.com) Five policemen were killed or wounded due to an armed attack to the east of Tikrit.Security source mentioned to IraqiNews.com ”Unidentified gunmen opened fire targeting a police patrol in Thehab neighborhood of Tikrit city,” noting that ”The armed attack resulted in killing two policemen and wounding three others.””The security forces blocked off the incident area transporting the dead bodies to the morgue and the wounded to the hospital for treatment,” the source concluded. \END\