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IED Kills Four, Wounds 16 in Tikrit

TIKRIT, Iraq -
Two Iraqi police officers and two civilians were killed and 16 other civilians were wounded when an improvised explosive device exploded outside of the 1st Infantry Division base in Tikrit at about 8:40 a.m. April 24.

Civilian ambulances and fire trucks arrived at the site of the attack and transported the wounded to local hospitals. There were reports of small arms fire after the explosion.

Soldiers from the 1st Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment secured the site of the attack and began an investigation. No Soldiers were injured in the blast.


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