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8 killed in suicide bombing at funeral in Iraq

Over eight people were killed and 31 badly injured in a suicide bomb attack at a funeral tent near the…

IANS | Baghdad | May 16, 2018 7:20 pm

8 killed in suicide bombing at funeral in Iraq

Suicide bombing (Representative Image)

Over eight people were killed and 31 badly injured in a suicide bomb attack at a funeral tent near the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, officials said.

The attack took place in the afternoon when a bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated himself among many mourners at the funeral tent in Taji area, 20 km north of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official told Xinhua news agency.

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Iraqi security forces sealed off the scene as ambulances transferred the dead and wounded people to hospitals.

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