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4 policemen wounded in 2 blasts

March 9, 2009 - 09:40:05

SALAH AL-DIN / Aswat al-Iraq: Four police personnel were injured in two blasts that ripped through Salah al-Din’s al-Dour district, a local police source said on Monday.

“On Sunday evening, a gunman threw a hand grenade at a police patrol vehicle in downtown al-Dour district (25 km south of Tikrit city), wounding three patrolmen,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“Shortly after police arrived at the scene, an improvised explosive device (IED) went off, wounding a policeman and destroying his vehicle,” the source added.
Tikrit, the capital city of Salah al-Din province, lies 175 km north of Baghdad.

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