Dozens dead in Iraq car bombing targeting wedding
At least 30 people, including the groom, were reportedly killed by a blast at a wedding attended by tribal leaders
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Published date: Jeudi 17 novembre 2016 - 18:35
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Last update: 7 années 11 mois ago
At least 30 people were killed on Thursday when a car bomb targeted a wedding in central Iraq attended by tribal leaders, security sources said.
"Thirty civilians and Sunni tribal elders were killed when a suicide car bomb hit a wedding party," security sources told Sky News Arabia.
Some sources put the death toll far higher - dozens of others are also known to have been injured in the blast.
There was no immediate claim of responsiblity for the attack.
The bombing hit a wedding taking place on Thursday night in Amiriyat Fallujah, a small city in the Fallujah district of Anbar province, central Iraq.
The groom, named locally as Seif Jumaa Maajal, was reportedly among the dead.
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