Gunmen seize city council employees in Tikrit, Iraq TIKRIT, Iraq, Dec. 16 (UPI) -- At least 25 people died Monday in separate attacks across Iraq, and city council officials in Tikrit were kidnapped by gunmen, security officials said. Four police officers died and four others were wounded when a car bomb detonated outside a police station in Baiji, officials told CNN. Gunmen stormed the building after the initial explosion. At least four Iraqi soldiers died and four others were wounded in Azham when a suicide bomber attacked a military base, police officials said. Meanwhile, at least 17 people died and 52 were wounded in a series of explosions around Baghdad Monday. The blasts included five car bombs and three roadside bombs, CNN reported. In Tikrit, gunmen attacked the city council of Tikrit and seized an unknown number of employees, Chinese news agency Xinhua reported. "There is no immediate report about casualties as the battle is still under way," a provincial police source said.