On 24 September, north Baghdad was hit by a triple suicide bombing, killing at least 11 members of the security forces, reported the Associated Press.
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Al-Jabouri added that 34 other security officers were wounded in the attack in the attack which took place 150km (95 miles) north of Baghdad.
Colonel Mohammed al-Jabouri, a spokesman for the police force in Saladin province, said the the local police chief and head of the provincial security committee were visiting the second checkpoint at the time of the attack, but both escaped unharmed.
The Sunni-dominated province of Salahudin has witnessed a lot of deadly attacks since security forces and allied paramilitary units, known as Hashd Shaabi, retook the province from IS militants who seized a large part of it in June 2014. Two other militants drove into Tikrit city and detonated their vehicle bombs, killing another eight people, The Guardian reported.
“Nearly 23 police personnel were injured in the assault”, al-Jabouri said. One of the attackers were killed and the rest fled.
No group has yet claimed responsibility for those attacks inside and near Tikrit. He called on security forces to review their plans and on residents to cooperate with the authorities.
The terrorist group has stepped up attacks while losing key strongholds in swathes of territory it captured across the country in 2014. Backed by the US-led worldwide coalition and paramilitary forces, the Iraqi government is preparing for a major military operation to dislodge militants from the city of Mosul.
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Government forces have been slowly recapturing towns surrounding Mosul with the support of United States airstrikes; most recently, the town of Shirqat.
