At least 35 people killed in suicide bombing at Shi'ite in northern Iraq - Al-Arabiya

Wednesday, 23 January 2013

By Al Arabiya With Agencies

A suicide bomber detonated his explosives inside a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Tuz Khurmato, killing at least 35 people and wounding 70 others on Wednesday, security and medical officials said.

The blast struck at the Sayida al-Shuhada mosque in Tuz Khurmatu, 175 kilometres (110 miles) north of Baghdad, and targeted the funeral of a relative of a politician who was killed a day earlier.