Attack on funeral for anti-IS fighters kills 16 in Iraq
Attack was deadliest in Iraq since January double suicide bombing in Baghdad
Funeral was for five members of Popular Mobilisation Units (AFP)
Thursday 12 April 2018 22:09 UTC
At least 16 people were killed in a bomb attack on Thursday during a funeral in a northern Iraqi village for fighters killed by the Islamic State (IS) group, the village's mayor said.
"Two bombs exploded as the funeral procession was entering the cemetery" in Asdira, near the town of Sharqat, Salaheddin Shaalan told AFP.
He added that 14 people were wounded in the blast and most of them are in "critical condition".
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Sad, unbelievable story, the bombs were placed, as the story says, at the entrance of the cemetery, the procession got it.
