Suicide truck bomber kills 11 in northern Iraq: Police

Attack targeted members of Iraq's predominantly Shia Shabak minority in the village of Mwafaqiya in Nineveh province.


Reuters October 17, 2013
Attack targeted members of Iraq's predominantly Shia Shabak minority in the village of Mwafaqiya in Nineveh province. PHOTO: FILE

MOSUL: A suicide bomber driving a truck packed with explosives blew himself up in a village in northern Iraq, killing at least 11 people early on Thursday, police said.

The attack targeted members of Iraq's predominantly Shia Shabak minority in the village of Mwafaqiya in Nineveh province.

COMMENTS (1)

Yahya | 11 years ago | Reply

Such a shame what is happening in Iraq. Sunnis Shias killing each other. The government is a failure. It is Shia and can't even protect its majority Shia citizens! What a joke!

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