TIKRIT, Iraq Twelve people were killed on Saturday when militants attacked a police checkpoint north of Tikrit and then detonated a car bomb at the entrance to the city, Iraqi police and military sources said.
Tikrit, watu Iraq kumi na mbili waliuawa siku ya Jumamosi wakati wanamgambo kushambuliwa kituo cha ukaguzi cha polisi kaskazini mwa Tikrit na kisha detonated bomu gari katika mlango wa mji, polisi wa Iraq na vyanzo vya kijeshi alisema.