Sahwa fighter’s house detonated in Tikrit

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: The House of high-ranked Sahwa fighter south of Tikrit city was detonated on Tuesday. “The fighter was not at his house (70 km south of Tikrit) when the blast occurred,” a local police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He noted that the fighter’s two daughters were killed in the blast. “A child was also wounded,” the source pointed out. He explained that unknown gunmen detonated the house by the use of highly explosive materials that were planted around it. Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 1