Eight people killed in IS attack on funeral in north of Baghdad
Eight people killed in IS attack on funeral in north of Baghdad
Baghdad, Jul 30 (UNI/Xinhua) Eight people were killed and 10 others wounded on Friday in an attack by militants of the extremist Islamic State (IS) group on a funeral and a nearby checkpoint in the north of the Iraqi capital Baghdad, a provincial police source said.
The attack took place in the evening when IS militants attacked a funeral tent in the village of Albu Jily near the town of Yathrib, some 80 km north of Baghdad, Col. Mohammed al-Bazi told Xinhua.
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