ISIS targets another Iraqi shrine, 30 dead
The Sayyid Mohammed shrine, located in the Balad area, 70 km north of Baghdad, was first targeted with mortar rounds.
Baghdad: Islamic State group extremists attacked a Shiite shrine north of Baghdad, killing 30 people, just days after one of the deadliest bombings in the country, a security spokesman said on Friday.
The overnight attack on the Sayyid Mohammed shrine in Balad, which involved suicide bombers and gun and mortar fire, also wounded 50 people, the Joint Operations Command spokesman said in a statement.
The Sayyid Mohammed shrine, located in the Balad area, 70 km north of Baghdad, was first targeted with mortar rounds. Suicide bombers then arrived at the shrine and opened fire, it said. Two of the bombers blew themselves up in a market next to the shrine, while the third was killed and his explosive belt defused.
( Source : AFP )
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