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7 Sahwa elements killed in Tikrit

Salah il-Din (IraqiNews.com) Seven Sahwa elements were killed in Tuz Khurmato district of eastern Tikrit.

A statement by the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan received by IraqiNews.com quoted a security officer, as saying “”Unidentified gunmen dressed the uniform of the Iraqi Army assassinated seven elements of the Sahwa forces at 2:00 a.m. on Thursday.”

“The assassination attempt happened when the gunmen attempted to arrest the Sahwa leader at his residence where they killed the other elements who were there.”

“The assassinated leader is, Hussein Awad, whose father was assassinated last year by an Improvised Explosive Device in Tuz Khurmato district,” the officer concluded.

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