2017 Tikrit attacks
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| location = Tikrit, Iraq
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| date = 4 April 2017
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| fatalities = 35
| injuries = 42+
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| weapons = Explosive belt
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On 4 April 2017, several Islamic State militants disguised as military personnel killed at least 35 people in Tikrit, 14 of which were members of security forces.{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-tikrit-idUSKBN1770KD?il=0|title=Islamic State kills 31 in Iraq's Tikrit: security sources, medics|publisher=Reuters|date=5 April 2017|access-date=2 July 2017|archive-date=10 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170610060333/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-mideast-crisis-iraq-tikrit-idUSKBN1770KD?il=0|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.yahoo.com/news/iraq-suicide-bombings-north-baghdad-kill-least-22-074707261.html|title=Iraq suicide bombings in Tikrit, north of Baghdad, kill 22|publisher=Yahoo News|date=5 April 2017|access-date=6 April 2017|archive-date=6 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170406031535/https://www.yahoo.com/news/iraq-suicide-bombings-north-baghdad-kill-least-22-074707261.html|url-status=live}}
The attacks
The attack occurred late on the night of April 4, when 10 IS militants disguised in police uniform attacked a security checkpoint and stormed the house of a police colonel in Zuhour, a neighborhood in Tikrit. The clashes resulted in the killing of at least five IS militants; three were shot dead, while two others detonated their explosive vests, according to a security source.{{cite web|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/05/c_136184562.htm|title=Up to 35 people killed in IS attack in Iraq's Tikrit|publisher=Xinhua.net|date=5 April 2017|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=5 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405122052/http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2017-04/05/c_136184562.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/dozens-killed-wave-attacks-iraq-tikrit-170405095315860.html|title=Dozens killed in wave of attacks in Iraq's Tikrit|publisher=Al Jazeera|date=5 April 2017|access-date=5 April 2017|archive-date=5 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170405140722/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2017/04/dozens-killed-wave-attacks-iraq-tikrit-170405095315860.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39500946|title=Iraqi civilians killed as IS militants attack Tikrit|publisher=BBC News|date=5 April 2017|access-date=22 June 2018|archive-date=26 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181226135147/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-39500946|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|date=2017-04-05|title=ISIS Militants, Disguised As Police, Kill Dozens In Tikrit|url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/isis-attack-tikrit_n_58e4aeede4b0f4a923b37dff|access-date=2021-01-29|website=HuffPost|language=en|archive-date=2021-02-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210203105620/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/isis-attack-tikrit_n_58e4aeede4b0f4a923b37dff|url-status=live}}
See also
References
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Category:21st-century mass murder in Iraq
Category:April 2017 crimes in Asia
Category:ISIL terrorist incidents in Iraq
Category:Islamic terrorist incidents in 2017
Category:Terrorist incidents in Iraq in 2017
Category:Attacks on buildings and structures in 2017
Category:Suicide bombings in 2017
Category:Suicide bombings in Iraq
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