BAGHDAD: A car bomb killed at least two police officers and injured five civilians in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Tuesday, a hospital source said.
The blast - described by the military as a terrorist attack - went off at a checkpoint at the northern entrance to Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad.
Car bomb explodes at entrance to Iraq’s northern Tikrit
Car bomb explodes at entrance to Iraq’s northern Tikrit
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