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BAGHDAD, Oct 19 (KUNA) -- Separate attacks targeted on Tuesday a number of
security officers in Tikrit city in Salah Eddin province and other Iraqi
provinces killing up to 11 people.
An Iraqi police source said that the death toll as result of such attacks
reached 11 people, while five were injured, among them one youth who was
rescued after a house collapse as result of one attack against a high ranking
security official.
The attacks occurred in three different provinces, according to police
sources, where unknown armed men detonated explosives at a house which
belonged to commander of an emergency unit in central Tikrit.
The targeted official was Major Qais Rashid who was rescued, but eight
people were killed, two of them were members of his family.
In a separate attack, another house which belonged to Lieutenant Colonel
Khalid Al-Bayati was targeted with explosives, injuring two of his family
members, one of them is his son.
On a different front, an intelligent officer was also attacked through
targeting his vehicle with explosives in Al-Rais street.
In separate attack, an improvised bomb targeted the house of Health center
Director Dr. Zaidan Khalaf.
The attack resulted in widespread damage his house. (end)
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