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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 a tent where Shias had gathered to mourn a tribal chief early on Monday evening, a police source said. | |
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. |