SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq: The director of Police Department of Alam District in Tikrit and his driver were injured due to a sticky bomb in their car, police sources in Salah al-Din province said today. 

Two other persons were also injured due to an explosion in local market mid of Tikrit city. 

The source informed Aswat al-Iraq that the police director had his legs amputated due to the explosion. 

Tikrit, the center of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad.

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