ISIS suicide bomber blows himself up in football stadium near Baghdad - 30 killed

A suicide bomber has blown himself up on a football pitch even as trophies were being presented after a local tournament south of Baghdad killing at least 30 people. The Islamic State group has claimed responsibility for the attack, that took a toll of supporters, officials and security forces who had gathered after the game. IS claimed that the blast had killed more than 60 and wounded more than 100.
This has been reported in zeenews.india.com dated 26 March 2016.

The suicide bomber struck when the organizers were handing the trophy to the winners and the suicide attacker was present in the crowd - this is what a police captain from the village, Al-Asriya has indicated. The village is located near Iskandariyah, a town about 40-Km south of the capital.
The police captain said more than 65 people were also wounded in the blast. The mayor, Ahmed Shaker, was among the dead and a medic at Iskandariyah hospital has confirmed the toll and warned it could rise further.
In the opinion of observers, as their self-proclaimed "caliphate" shrinks towards extinction, IS fighters are most likely to go back to their old guerrilla tactics and carry out suicide attacks on civilian targets.


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