Suicide Attack Kills 7, Injures 28 West of Baghdad

Rasa - A suicide bomber blew himself up in a commercial street of Baghdad on Sunday, killing seven and wounding 28, according to police sources.

News ID: 423886

Date: 25 September 2016 - 16:56

RNA - The explosion happened in Iskan, a mostly Shi’ite district in the West of the Iraqi capital, when a group of pilgrims was gathered in preparation for Muharram in a tent, an Iraqi police source told journalists, Metro reported.

ISIL has stepped up bomb attacks in government-held areas this year as it loses territory to US-backed Iraqi forces and popular forces.

The terrorist group, however, still continues to control vast areas in Northern and Western Iraq, including the city of Mosul, captured in 2014.

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