Death toll mounts to 34 in Iraq's suicide bombing

The death toll from Monday's suicide bombing attack at a funeral in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala rose to 34, a provincial security source said.

The deceased include seven Shiite militia leaders, said the source.

"The latest report concerning the casualties from Monday's suicide bombing attack near Maqdadiyah rose to 34 deaths and 43 wounded," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest at a funeral tent in the Shiite village of Brishtah, 100 km northeast of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, said the source.

Apparently, the attacker's targets were Shiite militiamen affiliated to paramilitary units known as Hashd Shaabi, or popular mobilization, at the funeral, the source said...
  [Xinhua -china.org.cn]
  1/3/16
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