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| Bomber strikes at Iraqi funeral | Bomber strikes at Iraqi funeral |
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| A suicide bomber has attacked mourners at a funeral ceremony in northern Iraq, killing at least 15 of them and wounding a similar number, police say. | |
| The bomber walked into a tent where residents were mourning the relative of a provincial security chief near the city of Baiji, an official said. | |
| Northern Iraq has been the scene of a number of recent bomb attacks. | Northern Iraq has been the scene of a number of recent bomb attacks. |
| The US military says al-Qaeda has regrouped there after being forced out of Baghdad and other regions. | The US military says al-Qaeda has regrouped there after being forced out of Baghdad and other regions. |
| 'Chaos everywhere' | 'Chaos everywhere' |
| The attack took place in the village of Hajaj, where dozens of mourners had gathered to pay their respects. | |
| Among them was Col Ahmed Abdallah al-Juburi, the deputy chief of security in Salahuddin province and a relative of the deceased. | |
| He was understood to have survived, but a number of his relatives were among the dead. | |
| The funeral tent was also full of government officials and anti-al-Qaeda tribesmen. | |
| "I heard a big explosion and I ran away out of fear. I came back to the tent after hearing the voices of wounded begging for help," Awad Jassim, a 25-year-old who had been making coffee over an open fire told the Associated Press news agency. | "I heard a big explosion and I ran away out of fear. I came back to the tent after hearing the voices of wounded begging for help," Awad Jassim, a 25-year-old who had been making coffee over an open fire told the Associated Press news agency. |
| "The tent fell down and there was chaos everywhere, but we managed to carry out the dead and the wounded." | "The tent fell down and there was chaos everywhere, but we managed to carry out the dead and the wounded." |
| Hajaj is reportedly a mainly Sunni settlement. | Hajaj is reportedly a mainly Sunni settlement. |
| There have been numerous recent attacks on Sunni groups - so-called "awakening councils" - who have sided with the Iraqi government against al-Qaeda insurgents. | There have been numerous recent attacks on Sunni groups - so-called "awakening councils" - who have sided with the Iraqi government against al-Qaeda insurgents. |
| There has been no claim of responsibility for this latest attack, however. | There has been no claim of responsibility for this latest attack, however. |