2 cops injured in blast in Salah al-Din

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Two policemen have been seriously injured in a booby-trapped car explosion north of Tikrit, a police source said on Tuesday. “A police force discovered a booby-trapped car prepped for explosion, parked on the main road passing through Beiji town in Salah al-Din Province, 40 km to the north of Tikrit. The car detonated when police experts tried to dismantle it, seriously wounding two policemen,” the police source said. He added that a number of shops close to the location of the explosion had been seriously damaged. Tikrit, the center of Salah al-Din Province, is 175 km to the north of Baghdad. SKH/SR 7