Terrorist Attack Kills 18 People Near Karbala in Iraq

Bagdad – Five attackers armed with suicide vests, rifles and grenades have killed 18 people and wounded dozens more in the Iraqi town of Ain al-Tamer, southwest of Baghdad, local officials say.

“They were carrying Kalashnikovs and hand grenades. One of them blew himself up and the others were killed by the security forces,” the head of the central Euphrates operations command, said.

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

Ain al-Tamer lies about 50km west of the holy city of Karbala.