3 cops killed, 6 wounded in Salah al-Din bombing

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Three policemen on Saturday were killed and six others were wounded in a car bomb blast in Salah al-Din province, according to a local security source. “During an early hour this morning, a suicide bomber rammed his car bomb into the headquarters of al-Shurqat emergency police company on the west coast, killing three policemen and wounding six others according to an initial count,” the source told Iraqi News. The headquarters building was severely damaged in the blast, the source explained. Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad. SS (P) 1