Multi-National Corps – Iraq
Public Affairs Office, Camp Victory
APO AE 09342

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
RELEASE No. 20080423-06
April 23, 2008

Suicide bomber attacks IP station, kills 18

TIKRIT, Iraq – A female suicide bomber attacked an Iraqi Police station killing seven Iraqi Police at approximately 6 p.m. April 22 in Diyala Province.
 
The blast also killed ten Iraqis civilians and one Kurdish civilian. Two IPs were wounded in the attack.
 
“Crimes against the Iraqi people will not be tolerated,” said Maj. Lisa Garcia, Multi-National Corps – Iraq spokeswoman. “The people of Iraq, and their allies, will not let these kinds of brutal attacks sow the seeds of fear and intimidation in this country.”

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