Bombs targeting mourners kill 10 in Iraq: officials

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AFP Baquba (Iraq)
Last Updated : Jul 12 2013 | 12:05 AM IST
A car bomb followed by a suicide bombing targeting mourners for a Shiite man in Iraq today killed 10 people and wounded 22 others, police and a doctor said.
The car bomb ripped into a funeral tent in Muqdadiyah, northeast of Baghdad, where family members were receiving condolences, and a suicide bomber then detonated explosives after emergency personnel arrived.
Sunni militants including those linked to Al-Qaeda frequently target members of the Iraq's Shiite majority, whom they regard as apostates.
Iraq was plagued by sectarian violence that killed tens of thousands of people in past years, and there are persistent fears that tensions will again boil over into all-out conflict.
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First Published: Jul 12 2013 | 12:05 AM IST

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