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Suicide bomber kills 24 at Iraq Shiite mosque: police

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AFP Hilla (Iraq)
A suicide bomber targeted mourners at a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad today, killing 24 people, police and a doctor said, the latest in a series of funeral attacks.

The attack against Al-Hussein Mosque in the Musayyib area also wounded 27 people, the sources said.

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First Published: Sep 29 2013 | 8:40 PM IST

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