5 killed in car bomb attack in Iraq's Salahudin

BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 (Xinhua) -- At least five people were killed and 13 others wounded on Sunday in a car bomb explosion in Tikrit, capital of Iraq's central province of Salahudin, a provincial police source said.

The attack took place in the evening when a booby-trapped car parking near a popular restaurant went off in downtown Tikrit, some 170 km north of the capital Baghdad, Mohammed al-Jubouri told Xinhua.

The killed were three women and two men, while several children were among the wounded, Jubouri said.