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URGENT: Two suicide men brake through Directorate of Terrorism in Salahal-Din

  SALAHAL-DIN / Two suicide gunners have broken through the headquarters of the Directorate of Terrorism, in the city of Tikrit , the center of Iraq’s Salahal-Din Province early on Monday, killing and wounding several policemen, Salahal-Din’s Protection Command source reported.   “The first suicide gunman blew himself up at the entrance of the Directorate of Terrorism, killing a police colonel and a policeman,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency.   He said that the second suicide bomber opened fire and threw hand-grenades on the Directorate’s rooms, clashed with one of its officers, who shot him dead, whilst the officer was injured.   The source put the final result of the attack at 3 martyrs and 9 injured, all of them from the Directorate’s police elements.   He said both suicide gunners have entered the building, under disguise of being Iraqi Intelligence men and dressed in police uniform.   SKH (ST) 575