29 dead, dozens hurt in wave of Iraq suicide attacks
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A WAVE of suicide attacks across Iraq yesterday killed at least 29 people and wounded dozens of others, officials said.
The deadliest attack took place in the southern province of Dhi Qar when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a restaurant frequented by Shiite paramilitary militia fighters, killing at least 14 people.
Another 27 people were wounded in the attack on the restaurant, which is on the main highway that links the capital Baghdad with the southern provinces, a police officer said.
At around the same time, a suicide car bomber set off his explosives-laden vehicle in a commercial area in the oil-rich city of Basra, killing at least five people and wounding 10 others.
Pieces of flesh and debris littered the bloodstained pavement as thick black smoke billowed from the area. The attack also damaged up to 30 cars. Basra is about 550 kilometers southeast of Baghdad.
Earlier in the day, a suicide bomber rammed his car into a security checkpoint in the capital’s northeastern suburb of Sadr al-Qanat, killing six troops and wounding 13 others.
Another suicide car bomber hit a headquarters of paramilitary troops in the town of Mishahda, 30 kilometers north of Baghdad, killing four troops and wounding 10 others.
The Islamic State group seized much of northern and western in Iraq in the summer of 2014 and established a self-styled Islamic caliphate in the areas of Iraq and Syria under its control.
The Iraqi army, along with pro-government militias, launched an offensive last month aimed at retaking Mosul, the country’s second largest city, which is under IS control. Their progress in villages outside the city has been slowed by roadside bombs and other booby traps.
Iraqi officials said troops yesterday recaptured a key village outside Mosul after days of heavy fighting.
Iraqi forces retook the village of al-Nasr, near the Tigris river, after destroying six suicide car bombers who had tried to attack them, the Iraqi army said.
As Iraqi forces backed by a US-led coalition have advanced against IS on a number of fronts in recent months, extremists have retaliated with a number of large scale bombings targeting civilians.
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