Two suicide bombers blew themselves up at a restaurant in Salaheddine’s Baiji on Tuesday (September 19th), the Iraqi Interior Ministry said.
The attack at al-Qalaa restaurant on the highway between Tikrit and Baiji, in al-Hajjaj area, killed three civilians and wounded 34 others, ministry spokesman Brig. Gen. Saad Maan said in a statement.
"Security forces killed a third suicide bomber outside the restaurant," the statement said.
"The police have identified one of the suicide bombers as an 'Islamic State of Iraq and Syria' [ISIS] element," it said, noting that an investigation has been opened into the attack.