(The Muslim News): At least 30 people were killed and 90 injured in a suicide attack that targeted a stadium in Iraq’s Babil province Friday. Daesh claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack took place in the northern town of al-Iskandariya, a mixed Shia and Sunni Muslim, at a local football game.
A man wearing a suicide belt walked into the stadium and blew himself up
People were at a ceremony to mark a championship for a popular local soccer team when the bomb exploded. The attacker struck at al-Shuhadaa stadium in the Babil province city of Iskandariya, roughly 30 miles (50 kilometers) south of Baghdad.
The special representative of the U.N. Secretary-General for Iraq, Jan Kubis, condemned the bombing.
“The evildoers are aiming their wrath at the innocent and vulnerable civilians,” he said. “Today, Daesh committed yet another atrocity, targeting families who were enjoying their weekend attending a football game in their hometown. This abhorrent act deserves the strongest condemnation.”
Earlier this month, a suicide bomber killed 60 people and wounded dozens at a security checkpoint near Hilla, 90km south of Baghdad.
[Photo:. Earlier this month, suicide attack with bomb laden vehicle on Al-Asr checkpoint entrance of Babil on 6 March 2016. Photiographer: StingerAA]