Islamic State claims suicide bombing at Iraqi wedding
Islamic State has claimed a suicide bombing that killed at least 15 people and injured 16 at a wedding party near the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala late on Sunday, Reuters writes.
According to the source, five assailants including the suicide bomber attacked the celebration in Ain al-Tamr, west of Kerbala in southern Iraq, firing machine guns and throwing hand grenades, the police said. All the attackers were killed by security forces.
Reuters further informs that a statement on the Amaq news agency that supports Islamic State said the attack was carried out by four of its suicide fighters against a “gathering of Shi'ites”.
Initial reports in local media late, citing security sources, blamed the killings on a dispute between two tribes at the wedding party.