<p>In the worst incident yesterday, five policemen and three civilians, including a 10-year-old child, died when a suicide car bomber targeted a police base in Al-Sharqat, north of Tikrit, officials said.<br /><br />At least 20 people, 13 police among them, were wounded in the morning attack, the local police chief said.<br /><br />Hours later, four people were killed and 23 others injured when a bomb exploded at a market in Sinjar, a town near the Syrian border and west of the restive northern city of Mosul.<br /><br />A high-ranking official at Sinjar hospital said the four dead were a man and his son, another man and another child.<br />"The casualties include women and children," added Elias Kheder, a local authority official.<br /><br />Around 70 percent of the population of Sinjar are members of the ancient Yazidi religious sect.<br />On August 13, 21 people were killed and 32 wounded when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a packed cafe in the town.</p>
<p>In the worst incident yesterday, five policemen and three civilians, including a 10-year-old child, died when a suicide car bomber targeted a police base in Al-Sharqat, north of Tikrit, officials said.<br /><br />At least 20 people, 13 police among them, were wounded in the morning attack, the local police chief said.<br /><br />Hours later, four people were killed and 23 others injured when a bomb exploded at a market in Sinjar, a town near the Syrian border and west of the restive northern city of Mosul.<br /><br />A high-ranking official at Sinjar hospital said the four dead were a man and his son, another man and another child.<br />"The casualties include women and children," added Elias Kheder, a local authority official.<br /><br />Around 70 percent of the population of Sinjar are members of the ancient Yazidi religious sect.<br />On August 13, 21 people were killed and 32 wounded when two suicide bombers blew themselves up in a packed cafe in the town.</p>