TIKRIT: Bombers killed 24 people in attacks on a mosque in central Iraq frequented by provincial officials and later at a hospital where the victims were being treated, officials said Saturday. The attacks came a day after a spate of coordinated bombings in west Iraq killed 10 people, raising questions over the capabilities of Iraqi security forces just before all US forces must pull out. Friday's violence in Tikrit, 160 km north of Baghdad, also 75 wounded people including two members of Salaheddin provincial council, a senior policeman and a judge. “The first attack killed 19 people and we treated 72 wounded,” said a doctor at Tikrit hospital, speaking on condition of anonymity. – Agence France
