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50 dead in ISIL suicide attack in Iraq

50 dead in ISIL suicide attack in Iraq
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The self-proclaimed Islamic State group has taken responsibility for suicide attacks that killed at least 50 people and injured more than 80 in a southern Iraqi city

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The self-proclaimed Islamic State group has taken responsibility for suicide attacks that killed at least 50 people and injured more than 80 in the southern Iraqi city of Nassiriya.

A statement on the Amaq news agency, which supports the hardline Sunni Muslim group, said the attacks carried out by its suicide fighters targeted a restaurant and a checkpoint, killing “dozens of Shi’ites”.

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