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Iraq suicide blast 'kills 15' at Shia funeral in Baquba Iraq suicide blast kills 15 at Shia funeral in Baquba
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A suicide attack has killed at least 15 people at a Shia funeral in Baquba, north of Baghdad, officials say.A suicide attack has killed at least 15 people at a Shia funeral in Baquba, north of Baghdad, officials say.
Another 40 people were wounded in the blast in central Baquba, according to police and hospital sources.Another 40 people were wounded in the blast in central Baquba, according to police and hospital sources.
A wave of bombings aimed at Muslim Shia pilgrims and religious sites has killed more than 130 people in Iraq since the beginning of June.A wave of bombings aimed at Muslim Shia pilgrims and religious sites has killed more than 130 people in Iraq since the beginning of June.
On Saturday, two car bombs targeting Shia pilgrims killed at least 32 people in the capital Baghdad.On Saturday, two car bombs targeting Shia pilgrims killed at least 32 people in the capital Baghdad.
The suicide bomber in Baquba detonated his explosive belt in the midst of Shias mourning a tribal chief early on Monday evening, a police source said. The suicide bomber in Baquba detonated his explosive belt in a tent where Shias had gathered to mourn a tribal chief early on Monday evening, a police source said.
Baquba, the capital of Diyala province, was a focus of Sunni insurgent attacks at the height of the violence that hit Iraq in the years after the 2003 US-led invasion. Police cordoned off the scene of the explosion.
The recent upsurge in violence has sparked fears of a return to the sectarian conflict that beset Iraq in the years after the 2003 US-led invasion.
Baquba, the capital of Diyala province, was major focus of Sunni insurgent activity during the civil war.
While the number of attacks has fallen since the height of the violence in 2005-7, the security situation has deteriorated again since the withdrawal of US troops last December.
The Islamic State of Iraq, a Sunni militant umbrella group that includes al-Qaeda, has said it carried out many of the recent bombings.