By Xinhua
Tikrit (Iraq) : At least 18 people were killed and 29 injured in two suicide truck bombings in the town of Baiji in Salahudin province Tuesday, a police source said.
The first blast targeted the house of the town’s police chief, General Saad al-Nufus, at about 6.00 a.m., but the suicide bomber failed to reach his heavily fortified house and turned to strike the nearby house of Nufous’s parents, the source said.
Earlier police reports said that the attack killed seven people and wounded 19.
The second suicide truck bombing targeted the house of Shiekh Hamad al-Jubouri, head of Baiji’s Awakening Council, totally destroying his house, the source said.
Rescue workers and volunteers continue removing debris looking for more victims, the source added.