Blasts kill at least 12 in Iraq's Tikrit: Official

BAGHDAD: At least 12 people were killed and 28 more wounded when two bombs exploded in the Iraqi city of Tikrit as police and soldiers were collecting their salaries at a local bank, police and a health official said on Thursday.

A car bomb exploded outside the Rafidain state-run bank in the centre of Tikrit and a suicide bomber blew himself up as emergency workers arrived on the scene, police said.

"We have 12 people killed and 28 more wounded," said Raed Ibrahim, head of the provincial health department. "Ambulances and civilian cars are still bringing in the wounded."

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