Miqdadiyah bombing

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Miqdadiyah bombing
Part of Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017)
LocationMuqdadiya, Diyala, Iraq
Date29 February 2016
Attack type
Suicide bombing
Deaths40
Injured58
PerpetratorIslamic State of Iraq and the Levant

The death toll in a suicide bombing in Iraq's eastern province of Diyala rose to 50. A further 58 people were wounded in the attack at a funeral for a Shi'ite Muslim militia fighter in Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad.[1]

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  1. ^ "Death toll in suicide attack northeast of Baghdad rises to 24: sources". Reuters. 29 February 2016. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
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