Scene of desolation after suicide attack on wedding party near Iraq’s Tikrit kills 23
09 March 2017 |
3:13 pm
Iraqi village grieves after twin suicide bomb attack bearing the hallmarks of Islamic State shatters a wedding party, killing 23.
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