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Suicide bombers kill 7 in attack on Iraq power plant

No responsibility has been claimed, Islamic State group frequently carries out suicide bombings in Iraq

Afp September 02, 2017

A man looks at the site of a car bomb attack in Baghdad August 26, 2014. Two car bombs killed at least 11 people and wounded 25 in a mainly Shia district of Baghdad, police and medical sources said on Monday. One car bomb was detonated in a busy street and another at a restaurant in the Utaifiya district of west-central Baghdad, police said. PHOTO: REUTERS

SAMARRA: Suicide bombers killed seven people and wounded 12 in an attack on a power plant north of Baghdad on Saturday, an Iraqi security official said.

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Armed with grenades and wearing explosives belts, three attackers entered the facility in Samarra, about 100 kilometres (62 miles) north of the capital, at 2:00 am, the official told AFP. "They attacked the plant's workers, killing seven and wounding 12, according to an initial assessment," said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Security reinforcements then arrived on the scene, killing two of the bombers and evacuating the employees. The attack comes as Iraqi Shia mark the first day of the Eid al-Adha feast.

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There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but the Islamic State group frequently carries out suicide bombings in Iraq. In 2014, IS captured almost a third of Iraqi territory in a lightning offensive. It now only holds two pockets of territory in the country.