Salahuddin Operations Commander escapes suicide bomb east of Tikrit
The commander of Salah al-Din Operations Lt. Gen. Juma Anad
(IraqiNews.com) Salahaddin – On Thursday, a source in Salahuddin Operations Command announced, that the Commander of Salahuddin operations Lt. Gen. Juma Anad survived a suicide car bomb attack east of Tikrit (170 km north of Baghdad), while emphasized that a senior officer was wounded in the attack, along with one of the army’s members.
The source said in an a statement followed by IraqiNews.com, “A car bomb driven by a suicide bomber exploded, at noon today, on the parade of the Commander of Salahuddin Operations Lt. Gen. Juma Anad during his presence in Tel Kasibah area east of Tikrit, wounding a senior officer and one of the army’s members,” pointing out that, “Anad was not harmed.”
The source added: “Armed clashes between the elements of the ISIS organization and the joint security forces are ongoing in this region.”
Noteworthy, joint forces managed to free the city of Tikrit in the 31st of March 2015, while continued its progress to expel ISIS from the province, after the liberation of Baiji.