ISIS claims bomb attack on wedding in Iraq, 20 dead
A suicide car bomb targeted a wedding party in a town south of Falluja, Iraq, killing 20 people and wounding 40 others, according to the head of the town council, Shaker Mahmoud. ISIS, in a Twitter post, claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying Sunni militias in the town were the intended target. The bomb-laden car […]Mohammed Tawfeeq reports for CNN:
A suicide car bomb targeted a wedding party in a town south of Falluja, Iraq, killing 20 people and wounding 40 others, according to the head of the town council, Shaker Mahmoud.
ISIS, in a Twitter post, claimed responsibility for the bombing, saying Sunni militias in the town were the intended target.
The bomb-laden car rammed into an open yard Thursday evening where wedding guests had gathered in the town of Amiriyat al-Falluja, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) southeast of Falluja, the official said.
