Nine members in one family killed in blast in central Tikrit

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Nine members in one family were killed when their house was blown up in Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din Province early on Tuesday, a Salah al-Din Police source said. A group of unknown armed men booby-trapped the house of the Mukhtar of Jamil District in central Tikrit with four IEDs. The IED was detonated, killing nine members of his family, including his son, an officer with the rank of colonel,and his four children” the police source stressed A “Mukhtar” is an expression used to define the post of an old man, who keeps information about his district’s inhabitants, through coordination with the police centers in the district. The police forces, the police source said “are trying to get the corpses of the victims from the rebels, because their house was completely destroyed Tikrit, the capital of Salah al-Din Province, is 175 km to the north of Baghdad. SKH/SR 2