Iraq funeral suicide bomb kills 12
12/1/2013 10:49:56 AM
A suicide bombing at the funeral of the son of a tribal leader and anti-Al-Qaeda militiaman killed 12 people and wounded 25 others in central Iraq on Sunday, officials said.
The funeral had been for Mudher al-Shallal al-Araki, who was killed in a roadside bombing near his family's home in the restive city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, the previous evening, according to a police colonel and Dr Hussein al-Tamimi from a nearby hospital.
The blast struck at the graveyard where the procession, which included relatives and members of the family's tribe, was due to bury the body.
The funeral had been for Mudher al-Shallal al-Araki, who was killed in a roadside bombing near his family's home in the restive city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, the previous evening, according to a police colonel and Dr Hussein al-Tamimi from a nearby hospital.
The blast struck at the graveyard where the procession, which included relatives and members of the family's tribe, was due to bury the body.