The attack took place at a shrine near the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, local officials and medics said.
Thirty one Islamic State militants have been killed in clashes and US-led coalition air strikes in northern Syria over the last 24 hours. (Photo: AFP/Representational)
Kirkuk, Iraq: An air strike killed 15 women on Friday at a shrine near the city of Kirkuk in northern Iraq, local officials and medics said.
"Fifteen women were killed and another 50 wounded in a raid that targeted a Shiite place of worship at Dakuk," local official Amir Huda Karam told AFP, a toll confirmed by medical officials.
( Source : AFP )
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