Salah al-Din council attack leaves 147 casualties

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Casualties from the armed attack on the Salah al-Din council yesterday reached 56 dead and 91 wounded, a security source said. “Three of the local council members were killed in the raid, in addition to reporter of the al-Arabiya channel, Sabah al-Bazi, and Iman Salah, a journalist in al-Ayam al-Sabaa newspaper,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Security elements and a cameraman working for al-Fayhaa channel are among casualties,” he continued, noting that death toll likely to increase as several wounded persons are in critical condition. Tikrit, the capital of Salah al-Din, lies 175 km north of Baghdad.   SH (TP)/SR 1081