Police said the attack last night began with mortar fire and a suicide bomber targeting policemen guarding the entrance to the Sayyid Mohammed shrine in Balad, located 80km (50 miles) north of the capital Baghdad. Another bomber then entered the Shia shrine along with nine gunmen and began killing security forces and families who were there to celebrate the holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Relatives mourn missing loved ones who died when Isis detonated a minibus packed with explosives outside a shopping centre Khalid Mohammed/Associated PressIsis suicide bombers and gunmen have killed at least 35 people and left 60 injured after attacking a place of worship in Iraq. Authorities said that a…

Source: The Times July 08, 2016 07:52 UTC