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Five members of one family killed in east Samarra, Salahal-Din Province

SALAHAL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Five members of a single family have been killed in an armed attack, launched by unknown gunmen, east of Samarra town in Salahal-din Province on Saturday, a security source said.   “A group of armed men, using 2 civilian cars, have killed a family of five, in an attack on their house in Albu-Khaldu area, 30 km to the east of Samarra on Satruday dawn,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   In another incident, an armed group blew up a house under-construction, belonging to a policeman, in Balad township, 30 km to the south of Tikrit, causing material damage.   Tikrit, the center of Salahal-Din Province is 175 km to the north of Baghdad .   SKH (ST) 577