33 killed in southern Iraq in rare Islamic State bombings

1 May 2016, 6:36 pm

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The Islamic State group is claiming responsibility for rare bombings in southern Iraq that killed at least 33 people on Sunday.

The terrorist group claimed in a statement posted on social media that two suicide attackers detonated car bombs targeting members of the security forces in the city of Samawa.

“The hospitals have received 33 dead,” says a senior official in the Muthanna health department, which covers Samawa. An officer in Muthanna Operations Command confirms the toll.

Iraqis look at the damage following a twin suicide bombing attack, claimed by the Islamic State group, in the southern Iraqi city of Samawah, May 1, 2016. (AFP Photo/Haidar Hamdani)

They say at least 50 people were also wounded in the blasts in Samawa, 230 kilometers (145 miles) south of Baghdad.

“Two car bombs went off in town. The first one was at around midday near a bus station in the city center,” a senior police officer in Muthanna province says.

— AFP