Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Many Killed In Bomb Attack In Iraq

35 Killed In Iraq Suicide Bombing, Police Say -- CNN

Baghdad (CNN) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 35 people and wounded scores more Wednesday at a funeral near a Shiite mosque in northern Iraq, police said.

The attack occurred in the ethnically mixed town of Tuz Khurmatu, roughly 56 miles (90 kilometers) south of Kirkuk, and also wounded at least two senior Iraqi government officials.

Among the injured is Ahmed Abdul-Wahed, deputy governor of Salaheddin province, a largely Sunni region in north central Iraq.

The U.S. Embassy in Baghdad called the bombing "cowardly and reprehensible."

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More News On Today's Bomb Attacks In Iraq

Iraq suicide bomb at Shiite mosque kills 42 -- AFP
Iraq Suicide Blast Kills 24 at Funeral -- Wall Street Journal
Suicide bomber kills 22 at Iraqi Shi'ite mosque -- Reuters
Iraq bomb: Many dead in Shia mosque in Tuz Khurmato -- BBC
At funeral suicide bomber kills 35 -- Global Post
Husseiniyah Suicide Attack Claims 42 Iraqi Lives -- Al Manar News

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