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Suicide attack kills 2 Sahwa fighters, injures 3 in Samarra

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Two Sahwa fighters were killed and three others were wounded in a suicide bombing attack in Samarra on Thursday, according to a security source. “A suicide bomber blew up an explosive belt strapped to his body on Thursday (Sept. 16) inside the main headquarters of Sahwa (Awakening) in al-Muaalameen neighborhood in central Samarra, killing two fighters and injuring three more,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. He did not give more details. Tikrit, the capital of Salah al-Din, is 175 km north of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1