Suicide Bomber Targets Iraq Mosque: 22 Martyred

Local Editor

At least 22 people were martyred in a suicide bomb attack targeting a mosque in the Iraqi town of Muqdadiyah on Monday evening, police said.

The attack came on the same day the UN mission in Iraq released figures indicating that over 2,500 Iraqis have died in violent attacks since April.

Muqdadiyah is located 80km north-east of the capital, Baghdad.

It is the latest in a series of deadly attacks to strike Iraq's Diyala province.
Iraq has been suffering its worst violence in several years with May the bloodiest month since June 2008, according to recent figures.

However, the UN's latest casualties figures show a drop in the number of fatalities from 1,045 in May to 761 in June.
In details, a suicide bomber set off his explosive belt at the funeral ceremony of a police officer in Muqdadiyah late on Monday, police say.

The police officer was reportedly killed in a recent roadside bomb attack.
The explosion brought down the ceiling of the mosque, with people still believed to be trapped beneath the rubble.

A separate attack targeting a cafe in the central city of Baquba reportedly killed at least eight people and wounded 20 others on Monday.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team