16 dead in attack at Iraq funeral of anti-IS fighters: mayor
At least 16 people died in a bomb attack Thursday during funerals in a northern village for Iraqi fighters killed by the Islamic State group, the mayor said. It was the deadliest attack in Iraq since a January 16 double suicide bombing in Baghdad that cost 31 lives. "Two bombs exploded as the funeral procession […]At least 16 people died in a bomb attack Thursday during funerals in a northern village for Iraqi fighters killed by the Islamic State group, the mayor said.
It was the deadliest attack in Iraq since a January 16 double suicide bombing in Baghdad that cost 31 lives.
"Two bombs exploded as the funeral procession was entering the cemetery" in Asdira, near the town of Sharqat, the mayor, Salaheddin Shaalan, told AFP.
