Police officer survives assassination in Salah al-Din

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: A police officer survived an assassination attempt on Sunday when a sticky bomb attached to his car went off in an area north of Tikrit city. “The officer was on his way to work,” a local police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He pointed out that the officer sustained minor injuries, but the car was devastated. Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 3