(VOI) – Three Iraqi army and police officers were wounded when an improvised explosive device went off near a joint patrol east of Tikrit city on Tuesday, an Iraqi police source in Salah al-Din province said. "The IED went off today in the area of Talloul Hamrin near a joint army-police patrol roaming some remote areas used by gunmen in movement between the provinces of Salah al-Din, Diala and Kirkuk. Three officers were wounded in the explosion," the source, who refused to reveal his name, told Aswat al-Iraq – Voices of Iraq – (VOI).
"Lt. Colonel Kamel Nassif, the commander of the engineering corps of the Iraqi army's 4th Division, Capt. Sofyan al-Naji, the al-Khalifa police commander and son of the Salah al-Din tribal chiefs council, and a third officer in the company were wounded in the blast that also destroyed their vehicle," the source added. The Salah al-Din tribal chief council chairman, Naji al-Jabbara, was kidnapped and killed by al-Qaeda network last year, according to security officials. |