At least 25 people were killed and 18 injured in Thursday’s bomb attack on funerals for Iraqi fighters killed by jihadists, according to a new toll from police and medics. “Two bombs exploded as the funeral procession was entering the cemetery” in Asdira, village mayor Salaheddin Shaalan told AFP. It was the deadliest attack in Iraq since a January 16 double suicide bombing in Baghdad claimed 31 lives. Thursday’s attack took place during a funeral for five members of the Hashed al-Shaabi paramilitary units killed Wednesday night in the same village, 250 kilometres (150 miles) north of Baghdad. Jihadists sometimes manage to snatch control of roads at night, especially in the Salaheddin province where Thursday’s attack took place, and Anbar province along the border with Syria, security experts say.

Source: Hindustan Times April 13, 2018 10:30 UTC