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02-22-2015, 08:14 PM
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A series of bombings across Iraq have killed 12 people, Associated Press has reported.

The bombings included a suicide truck bomb attack on Shiite militiamen at a checkpoint near the city of Tikrit. Eight militiamen were killed and at least 15 wounded in the blast.

Tikrit, 130 kilometers north of Baghdad, is currently controlled by Daesh (ISIS.) The surrounding areas and roads leading to the city are under the control of Iraqi security forces and Shiite militiamen, but they have been unable to retake the city.

A bomb also exploded in the market town of Youssfiyah, south of Baghdad, killing two people.

In the Bahgdad district of Zafaraniyah another bomb went off. A further two people were killed.

The country has been beseiged by violence with frequent bombings in the capital and other areas of the country.

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