A senior Iraqi security official on Wednesday escaped a car bomb attack in Tikrit, capital of Salahudin Province in northern Iraq, which killed a bodyguard and wounded another, a provincial security source said.
"A car bomb parked in downtown the city of Tikrit, 170 km north of Baghdad, detonated around midday near the convoy of Colonel Jasim Hussein Jbara, head of the provincial National Security Directorate," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.
Jbara escaped the attack unhurt, but one of his bodyguards was killed and another wounded, the source said, citing initial police reports.
Several vehicles were destroyed by the blast along with damaging several nearby buildings, he said, adding that the toll could rise as ambulances were evacuating more victims to nearby hospitals.
Source:Xinhua
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