Over eight people were killed and 31 badly injured in a suicide bomb attack at a funeral tent near the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, officials said.
The attack took place in the afternoon when a bomber wearing an explosive belt detonated himself among many mourners at the funeral tent in Taji area, 20 km north of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry official told Xinhua news agency.┬аIraqi security forces sealed off the scene as ambulances transferred the dead and wounded people to hospitals.┬аThe Statesman
