Fifteen dead in Tikrit car bomb

Tikrit - A car bomb exploded inside the police headquarters in Saddam Hussein's home town of Tikrit today, killing at least 15 people and wounding 22 others, police and witnesses said.

Twenty cars were set ablaze after the massive blast, sending clouds of smoke into the sky. At least 10 charred bodies could be scene laying on the ground, splattered with pools of blood and bits of human flesh.

Police Lieutenant Sha'alan Allawi said the bomber drove a vehicle into a parking lot inside the police building and detonated it. Several ambulances raced to the scene, ferrying casualties to a local hospital.

Captain Hakim Mohammed, part of a force protecting Tikrit's main hospital where most of the casualties were brought, said 15 people died and 22 were wounded.

U.S. troops sealed off the area immediately after the blast, preventing people from entering. U.S. troops also set up checkpoints across the city, searching vehicles. Major Neil Harper of the U.S. army confirmed the attack was a car bomb, but he had no other details. Tikrit is located 80 miles north of the Iraqi capital. Insurgents have relentlessly attacked U.S. and Iraqi security forces with car bombs throughout the past year. -- Guardian News

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