DHAKA: A suicide bomber who blew himself up at a funeral for a member of a tiny Iraqi minority on Saturday killed 26 people and wounded 45 others.

A doctor said, reports The Straits Times.

The attack in the town of Baashiqah, just outside the main northern city of Mosul, struck at 2pm (1100 GMT), according to Sheeth Abed, a doctor at the city’s main hospital.

BDST: 2113 HRS, SEPT 14, 2013
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