Eid al Fitar in Iraq: Around 100 Martyrs in ’ISIL’ Suicide Attack
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The toll for a massive suicide car bomb attack carried out by the "ISIL" terrorist north of Baghdad rose to 90 dead and 17 missing Saturday.
The top official in Khan Bani Saad, 20 kilometers north of Baghdad where the attack occurred on Friday, put the number of wounded at 120.
"The toll so far is 90 martyrs and 120 wounded, and we have between 17 and 20 missing," Abbas Hadi Saleh said at the scene.
He said 15 children were killed martyred in the attack, which ripped through the heart of the town's market area as people were shopping on the eve of the Eid al-Fitr holiday marking the end of Ramadan.
"Every year [during Ramadan] there's a bombing. We are guilty of being Shiite," Saleh said. "This is the biggest in Diyala since 2003."
Khan Bani Saad is located in Diyala province.
"ISIL" said Friday's suicide bomber had three tonnes of explosives in his vehicle. The death toll is one of the highest since the terrorists launched their nationwide offensive in June 2014.
An AFP correspondent said the blast caused massive destruction and left a crater in the street that is five meters wide and two deep [16 feet wide and more than six deep].
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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