Car bomb kills 8, wounds dozens in Iraq's Tikrit city


  • World
  • Thursday, 16 Mar 2017

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Eight people were killed and more than 50 wounded when a car bomb exploded in a crowded street in the Iraqi city of Tikrit on Wednesday, a local official said.

The car was parked in al-Atibaa Street ("Doctors Street" in English) in downtown Tikrit, which is often crowded as it has many clinics.

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