About eight Iraqi civilians were killed and 45 others were injured due to twin bombings that took place on Saturday in Tuz Khurmatu district of Salahuddine governorate in northern Iraq.

The twin bombings were carried out by an explosive charge and a booby-trapped motorbike, a security source said, adding that it targeted a swimming pool.

After the first explosion, the civilians rushed away of the scene of the blast but a booby-trapped motorbike was detonated by a suicide bomber at them.

Daesh terrorist group use such heinous methods to attack civilians, the source noted.

Ambulances rushed to the scene of the blast to transfer the wounded to Tuz Khurmatu hospital.