'Police' bomber kills 15 in Tikrit attack

A man wearing a police uniform drove a car bomb inside the headquarters of police in Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit today, setting off a massive explosion that killed at least 15 police and wounded 22 others, police and witnesses said.

The blast occurred at one of the station’s busiest times, when dozens of policemen were arriving to relieve colleagues who’d been working all night, Colonel Saad Daham said.