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Car bomb kills 8, injures over 50 in Iraq’s Tikrit city

Reuters, Baghdad | By
Mar 15, 2017 11:48 PM IST

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing although Islamic State has carried out similar actions as it battles against a government offensive on its former stronghold in Mosul, 200 km (125 miles) north of Tikrit.

Eight people were killed and more than 50 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a crowded street in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday, a local official said.

Burnt cars are seen at the site where a car bomb exploded in a crowded street in the Iraqi city of Tikrit , Iraq on March 15.(REUTERS)
Burnt cars are seen at the site where a car bomb exploded in a crowded street in the Iraqi city of Tikrit , Iraq on March 15.(REUTERS)

The car was parked in al-Atibaa Street (“Doctors Street” in English) in downtown Tikrit, which is often crowded as it has many clinics.

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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the bombing although Islamic State has carried out similar actions as it battles against a government offensive on its former stronghold in Mosul, 200 km (125 miles) north of Tikrit.

“Eight are killed and 52 are wounded from the Tikrit al-Atibaa street attack,” governorate media director Jamal Aqaab said. 

More than 20 people were killed on March 8 in a series of blasts that hit a wedding near Tikrit and targeted security forces at the scene shortly afterwards.

The retreat of Islamic State’s self-styled caliphate, which leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi declared from a mosque in Mosul’s old city in 2014, has been accompanied by bomb attacks in areas outside the group’s control, including Baghdad and cities in neighbouring Syria.

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