Suicide Bomber Kills 15 in Northern Iraq

A suicide bomber has detonated a truck packed with explosives in northern Iraq, killing at least 15 members of the country's Shabak minority early on Thursday, police said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Sunni Islamist militants have in the past targeted Shabaks, who are predominantly Shi'ite, and warned them to leave the area. The attack took place in the village of Mwafaqiya, in Nineveh province.   “At 6 am this morning, a suicide truck ...

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