Booby-trapped vehicle explosion in central Tikrit leaves 13 casualties
A car bomb blast site. File Photo.
Salahuddin (IraqiNews.com) A security source in Salahuddin Province informed that a booby-trapped vehicle exploded in central Tikrit, leaving 13 casualties, Alsumaria News reported on Wednesday.
The source said, “A booby-trapped vehicle exploded, this evening, in al-Atba Street in central Tikrit, leaving 13 casualties.”
“Security forces cordoned off the area of the incident, while ambulances rushed to transfer the wounded to hospitals and bodies to the forensic medicine department,” the source added on condition of anonymity.
Iraq is witnessing an extraordinary security situation, where ongoing military operations take place to drive out the Islamic State, while the US-led international coalition intensifies its air strikes on the group’s headquarters.