BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 21 people were killed and more than 70 injured on Friday in two apparently coordinated attacks in Tikrit, home town of former dictator Saddam Hussein, officials said.
The first explosion, a roadside bomb, targeted worshippers at a mosque, killing 15 and wounding 61, Raed Ibrahim, head of the health department in Salahuddin province, told Reuters.
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