News sources reported that the death toll from an attack on the Salahuddin province headquarters north of Baghdad rose to 58 killed, 15 of them hostages. Nearly 100 were wounded. Security forces stormed the provincial council building in Tikrit on Tuesday after an hours-long shootout with gunmen.
The gunmen, wearing military uniforms and suicide vests, had stormed into the provincial council building in the city, shortly after a suicide bomber detonated his payload and cleared the way, according to security officials.
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