5 soldiers killed, wounded in Tikrit

Salah-il-Din, Tikrit (IraqiNews.com) Five soldiers of the Iraqi Army were killed and wounded due to an armed attack to the west of Tikrit city.Security source told IraqiNews.com on Sunday ”Unidentified gunmen opened fire targeting a civil vehicle carrying five soldiers to the west of Tikrit city, ” noting that ”The armed attack resulted in killing four soldiers and wounding one .””The security forces imposed a security cordon in the incident area transporting the corpses to the morgue and the wounded people to the hospital for treatment,” the source added.”The five soldiers were wearing civil clothes heading towards their military headquarters,” the source pointed out.”A joint force of police and Army forces launched a raid-search campaign to capture the armed attackers who managed to flee after the attack,” the source concluded. END