2 civilians killed, 14 wounded in Samarra blasts
SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq: 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 Aswat al-Iraq 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.
Posted by: Steve White 2011-02-06 |