Iraq Officials: Suicide Bomb Kills at Least 13 Near Baghdad
An evening suicide bombing in a commercial area in a city northeast of Baghdad killed at least 13 people, Iraqi officials said Tuesday as the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack. The bomber blew up his explosives-laden minibus shortly before sunset Monday near a bakery and a falafel restaurant in a Shiite neighborhood of the […]Sinan Salaheddin reports for AP:
An evening suicide bombing in a commercial area in a city northeast of Baghdad killed at least 13 people, Iraqi officials said Tuesday as the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack.
The bomber blew up his explosives-laden minibus shortly before sunset Monday near a bakery and a falafel restaurant in a Shiite neighborhood of the city of Baqouba, a police officer said. The explosion in the neighborhood of Shifta also wounded at least 60 others, he added.
Baqouba, the provincial capital of Iraq's Diyala province, is 35 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad. A medical official confirmed casualty figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they weren't authorized to release the information.
In an online statement, the Islamic State group claimed responsibility for the attack, saying the target was a Shiite mosque. The Associated Press could not immediately verify the authenticity of the claim but it appeared on a website commonly used by the Sunni extremist group.
