- At least 50 dead and more than 80 injured in attacks in southern Iraq
- Terrorists attacked restaurant and police checkpoint in Nassiriya, Thi Qar
- At least one attacker detonated a suicide vest and others used guns
More than 50 people have been killed and at least 80 wounded in a double suicide bomb attack in southern Iraq.
Terrorists attacked a restaurant and a police checkpoint on a highway near the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya on Thursday, police and medical sources said.
One attacker detonated his explosive vest inside the restaurant, south-west of Nassiriya, while three to four other attackers opened fire at the people inside, police sources said.
Sources at city hospitals said four Iranian citizens were among those killed. Police said the death toll could rise as several of the wounded were in a critical condition.
Bomb attacks in southern Iraq, where the bulk of the country´s oil is produced, are relatively rare.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The Islamic State group often claims responsibility for large-scale attacks targeting security forces and Shiite civilians in Iraq.
Shiite Muslim-dominate Thi Qar province is located about 200 milessoutheast of Baghdad.
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