3 students killed in Tikrit

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Three students were killed by a bomb blast in Yathrib area, south of Tikrit city, security sources said today. The source told IraqiNews.com that the bomb was planted on the side of the road, 120 km south of Tikrit, and exploded killing three students of age 12 while they were going out of their primary school. On the other hand, two officials at the agricultural department in Salah al-Din were killed and another wounded by a sticky bomb put in their car, north of Tikrit. Tikrit, the center of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of the capital, Baghdad.804