2 civilians killed, 14 wounded in Samarra blasts

SALAH AL-DIN / IraqiNews.com: Two civilians were killed and 14 others, including Iranian and Pakistani pilgrims, wounded in two blasts in the districts of Samarra and Balad in Salah al-Din province on Saturday, a security source said. “An improvised explosive device went off near a vehicle parked close to the al-Askari Imams shrines in Samarra, (175 km) northwest of Baghdad, leaving four Iranians, two Pakistanis, two Iraqi policeman and one civilians wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Two civilians others and five Iranian pilgrims were wounded when a car bomb ripped through Balad, (70 km) south of Tikrit, near the Muhammad al-Hadi shrine,” the source added. He did not give further details. Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km northwest of Baghdad. AmR (TP) 921