Suicide bombing, shootouts kill around 55 in Iraq
By Reuters
15 October 2016 |
3:00 pm
Around 55 people are killed in three separate suspected Islamic State attacks in Iraq, as Iraqi forces get ready to launch their major offensive on the city of Mosul where the militants have their last remaining Iraqi stronghold.
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