ISKANDARIYAH, Iraq: Iraq on Saturday buried the victims, among them many young boys, of a suicide attack that ripped through a trophy ceremony after a local football tournament and killed 32 people.
The attacker, who himself looks like a teenager on a photo distributed by the Islamic State group that claimed the attack, cut through a crowd gathered after the game and blew himself up.
“There are 32 dead and also 84 wounded, 12 of whom are in a critical condition,” an official in Babil province health directorate told AFP.
“Seventeen of those killed are boys aged between 10 and 16,” the official said.
The attack took place in the village of Al-Asriya, which lies near Iskandariyah, a town about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of the capital.
The bomber detonated his suicide vest late afternoon on Friday as local officials were handing trophies to the players after the tournament.
