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7 security members killed in Iraq's violence

09 September 2013 17:27 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Seven security members were killed and three wounded in two attacks in Iraq's Salahudin province north of the capital of Baghdad on Monday, a provincial police source said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

Gunmen in a car shot dead five policemen at a mobile checkpoint in Albu Ajil area, just east of the provincial capital city of Tikrit, some 170 km north of Baghdad, a provincial police source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, two roadside bombs struck an army patrol in northern Baiji city, some 30 km north of Tikrit, killing two soldiers and wounding three others, the source said.

Salahudin province is a Sunni dominated province. Its capital Tikrit is the hometown of former president Saddam Hussein.

Violent attacks are still common in Iraq despite the dramatic decrease in violence since its peak in 2006 and 2007, when the country was engulfed in sectarian killings.