Urgent – 8 persons killed, injured in Tikrit

Salah il-Din (IraqiNews.com) Eight persons were killed and injured in eastern Tikrit city of Salah il-Din province.

A security source stated to Iraqi News (IraqiNews.com) “An Improvised Explosive Device exploded to result in killing, Rashid Khurshid, the member of Salah il-Din Provincial Council and the head of the Local Council of Tuz Khurmatu district of eastern Tikrit city.”

“The explosion also resulted in injuring the Mayor of Tuz Khurmatu district and three of his guards,” the source concluded.