Car Bomb in Iraq City of Tikrit Kills 10, Wounds 25
TIKRIT, Iraq (Reuters) - A suspected suicide car bomber blew up near a police station in the northern Iraq city of Tikrit on Thursday, killing at least 10 people and wounding 25, local police said.
Police captain Husam Musseyif said a man wearing a police uniform tried to drive into the police station grounds and then detonated the vehicle when he was challenged. Another police captain, Naqib Hakim Khalaf, put the toll at 10 killed and 25 wounded.
We just need to come up with a scheme to kill them before they get the honor to do it themselves.
TIKRIT, Iraq (AP) - A car bomber drove into a parking lot inside police headquarters in Saddam Hussein's hometown and detonated explosives on Thursday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 22, police and witnesses said.
The massive blast in Tikrit set ablaze 20 cars and sent clouds of smoke into the sky. At least 10 charred bodies could be scene laying on the ground.
Police Lt. Sha'alan Allawi said the bomber drove a vehicle into a parking lot inside the police compound before detonating the explosives. Several ambulances ferried casualties to a local hospital.
Police Capt. Hakim Mohammed, part of a force protecting Tikrit's main hospital where most of the casualties were brought, said 15 people died in the blast and 22 were wounded.
U.S. troops quickly set up checkpoints across the city, searching vehicles.
U.S. Army Maj. Neil Harper confirmed the attack was a car bomb, but he had no other details.
Tikrit is located 80 miles north of the Iraqi capital.
Insurgents have relentlessly attacked U.S. and Iraqi security forces with car bombs throughout the past year.
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