SALAHAL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq: An Iraqi soldier has been killed and two others were injured in an armed attack in Dilo’iya area in Salahal-Din Province on Thursday, a police source reported.

“A group of unknown armed men have launched an attack on an Iraqi Army patrol, east of Dilo’iya area, 90 km to the north of Baghdad, killing a soldier and seriously wounding two others,” the security source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

He said that the attackers had escaped to an unknown destination, whilst the police began investigation about the incident.

Tikrit, the center of Salahal-Din Province, is 175 km to the north of Baghdad.

SKH (PT)