Bomging at football match in Iraq’s Diyala kills 4, injures 10
At least four people have been killed in Iraq after explosive devices were detonated a local football match in the country’s restive Diyala province, security authorities announced.
"Three improvised explosive devices went off during the final of a local amateur cup" on Monday in the town of Abu Saida, nearly 75 kilometers (46 miles) northeast of the nation’s capital of Baghdad, AFP reported quoting a colonel in the provincial operations command.
The bombings injured at least 10 other people during the game, including a number of football players, the report added, citing provincial council member Ahmed Rubaye as well as hospital sources in the provincial capital of Baqubah just south of the town.
"The bombs were planted behind a goal and it seems they were detonated remotely from a nearby orchard," said an unidentified spectator at the football match during the terror attack, adding "The blasts sparked mayhem, they have imposed a curfew now."
According to the report, the area where the bombing occurred is almost entirely under the control of Shia militia forces of Badr and Asaib Ahl al-Haq groups that are part of the armed volunteer force backing the Iraqi army in the battle against the ISIL Takfiri terrorists.
There has been no immediate claim of responsibility for the terror attack yet, but the foreign-backed Takfiri group has recently waged a series of deadly bombings across Diyala province.
Earlier this month, an ISIL terrorist blew up a vehicle packed with three tons of explosive materials in the midst of a crowded market area in the town of Khan Bani Saad in Diyala, killing more than 100 people on the eve of the major Islamic holiday of Eid al-Fitr, which marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
Gruesome violence has plagued the northern and western parts of Iraq ever since ISIL launched its deadly terror campaign in June 2014, and took control of portions of Iraqi territory.
The Takfiri group has been committing heinous crimes against all ethnic and religious groups in Iraq, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds and Christians. Units of army soldiers coupled with volunteer fighters are seeking to win back militant-held regions in joint operations.
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