BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber killed at least 21 people at the funeral of a member of Iraqs Shabak minority in the northern province of Nineveh on Saturday, security and medical sources said.
It was not immediately clear who was behind the attack, but Takfiri militants have in the past targeted Shabaks, who are predominantly Shia, warning them to leave the area.
I was attending the funeral sitting with the women when we heard a huge explosion, said Umm Mohammed, who at was the funeral in Bartella, 25km east of Ninevehs capital, Mosul.
When we went out, we found some men either killed or injured, she said.
Extremist Takfiri insurgents have been regaining momentum in Iraq in recent months, raising fears of a return to the scale of intercommunal violence that peaked in 2006-07 following the US-led invasion.
About 800 Iraqis were killed in acts of violence in August, according to the United Nations. That is still well below its height, when the monthly death toll sometimes topped 3,000.
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