More than a dozen Iraqi security personnel were killed Saturday in a suicide bombing north of Baghdad, Iraq, for which the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria claimed responsibility.
Authorities said 13 Shiite militiamen, troops and 24 others were wounded when four explosive-laden sport utility vehicles rammed into two security checkpoints and a military headquarters within a 15-minute span, according to the Associated Press.
The attacks took place in Hajjaj, which lies north of Baghdad on the road, between Tikrit and Baiji in Salaheddin province. The Islamic State has said they were carried out by a Kuwaiti, a Palestinian, a Briton and a German.
The casualties included seven soldiers along with four Popular Mobilization Forces militia fighters, a Shiite-backed group assisting the Iraqi army against its fight with the Islamic State.
The same day, Iraqi security forces were able to turn back a similarly-planned attack involving four bomb-laden cars near Garma, a city east of Fallujah. Authorities said no one was killed in that assault.
