Bombing causes heavy casualties in central Iraq

According to Reuters and AFP news agencies, on August 15, at least 34 people were killed and 64 others were injured in a car bomb and a roadside explosion in the city of Kut, central Iraq, 160km south of the capital Baghdad.

A security officer said the explosions occurred at 8 a.m. local time in a crowded area in the city center.

The scene of a bombing in Kut city. (Source: Getty Images)

On the same day, a police official said two bombers attacked an Iraqi counter-terrorism unit in the city of Tikrit, killing at least two policemen and wounding six others in a failed attempt to free Al-Qaeda prisoners.

Police Colonel Jassim al-Jibouri of the Tikrit counter-terrorism unit or an attacker who detonated his suicide vest, hoping to kill a senior police officer and others, was shot dead in the attack.
"They were trying to reach the prison, which holds more than 100 Al-Qaeda prisoners," Mr Jibouri said. Hospital sources said three police officers were killed and nine others were wounded in the attack.

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