Miqdadiyah bombing | |
Partof: | Iraqi Civil War (2014–2017) |
Location: | Muqdadiya, Diyala, Iraq |
Date: | 29 February 2016 |
Type: | Suicide bombing |
Fatalities: | 40 |
Injuries: | 58 |
Perpetrator: | Islamic 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]