2017 Tikrit attacks | |
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Part of the War in Iraq | |
Location | Tikrit, Iraq |
Date | 4 April 2017 |
Weapons | Explosive belt |
Deaths | 35 |
Injured | 42+ |
Perpetrators | Islamic State |
On 4 April 2017, several Islamic State militants disguised as military personnel killed at least 35 people in Tikrit, 14 of which were members of security forces. [1] [2]
The attack occurred late on the night of April 4, when 10 ISIL militants disguised in police uniform attacked a security checkpoint and stormed the house of a police colonel in Zuhour, a neighborhood in Tikrit. The clashes resulted in the killing of at least five IS militants; three were shot dead, while two others detonated their explosive vests, according to a security source. [3] [4] [5] [6]
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