A SUICIDE BOMBER DETONATED AN EXPLOSIVE BELT SUNDAY NIGHT AMONG MOURNERS AT A FUNERAL IN TIKRIT, KILLING AT LEAST 10 AND INJURING AT LEAST 18, POLICE SAID, ACCORDING AP. POLICE CAPT. LAITH HAMID SAID THE ATTACK TOOK PLACE ABOUT 8:15 P.M. AMONG MOURNERS AT THE FUNERAL OF THE FATHER OF A MEMBER OF THE PROVINCIAL COUNCIL. THE COUNCIL MEMBER, SAAB ABD BEDEIWI, WAS KILLED IN THE ATTACK, HAMID SAID. HAMID SAID THE CASUALTY TOLL IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE BECAUSE BODY PARTS WERE SCATTERED AROUND THE TENT WHERE THE MOURNERS WERE GATHERED.
