Iraq attacks on Shiites kill 33: officials

PTI Updated - July 02, 2013 at 05:49 PM.

Bombings targeting Shiite Muslims, including a suicide bombing against the funeral of an Iraqi soldier, killed at least 33 people today, officials said, updating an earlier toll.

Both the attacks struck in confessionally divided Diyala province, north of Baghdad, with the suicide bomb at a Shiite religious hall killing 23 people, and another blast at a cafe in provincial capital Baquba killing 10 more.

Published on July 2, 2013 12:19