19 Dead in Baghdad Shi'ite Mosque Attack

A suicide bombing killed 19 people in Baghdad Sunday as an ambush halted an advance by Iraqi forces on a key northern city controlled by Islamic State (IS) militants. The bombing, at a funeral outside a Shi'ite Muslim mosque, also wounded 28 others, a police officer and medical official said. “The attacker approached the entrance of the mosque and blew himself up among the crowd,'” the police officer said, speaking on condition of anonymity. Baghdad has been hit by a surge...

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