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09-25-2016, 04:11 AM
SAMARRA, Iraq: Militants killed 12 people in a shooting and a suicide bombing on Saturday in the **rthern city of Tikrit, which was recaptured from the Islamic State group last year, police said.
Tikrit was seized by IS in June 2014, but the city has largely been spared the attacks that have plagued other parts of the country since its recapture.
Militants shot dead four security personnel at a checkpoint on the west side of the city, then continued **rth and detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a**ther checkpoint, killing eight more people, a police colonel and lieutenant colonel said.
The attacks also wounded a total of 23 people, according to the ******rs.
There was ** immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but IS frequently carries out suicide attacks targeting both civilians and security forces in Iraq.
Hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, Tikrit lies 60-km **rth of Baghdad and was the second city to fall to IS in 2014 as the jihadists swept through large areas **rth and west of the capital.
It was also the first city to be recaptured by Iraqi forces, which are **w preparing for a push on Mosul, a city **rth of Tikrit that is the last one held by IS in the country.
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Tikrit was seized by IS in June 2014, but the city has largely been spared the attacks that have plagued other parts of the country since its recapture.
Militants shot dead four security personnel at a checkpoint on the west side of the city, then continued **rth and detonated an explosives-rigged vehicle at a**ther checkpoint, killing eight more people, a police colonel and lieutenant colonel said.
The attacks also wounded a total of 23 people, according to the ******rs.
There was ** immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks, but IS frequently carries out suicide attacks targeting both civilians and security forces in Iraq.
Hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, Tikrit lies 60-km **rth of Baghdad and was the second city to fall to IS in 2014 as the jihadists swept through large areas **rth and west of the capital.
It was also the first city to be recaptured by Iraqi forces, which are **w preparing for a push on Mosul, a city **rth of Tikrit that is the last one held by IS in the country.
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