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Iraqis fume as suicide blast toll touches 115
(MENAFN- Arab News) BAGHDAD: A Daesh attack on a crowded marketplace in Iraq's eastern Diyala province has killed 115 people including women and children in one of the deadliest single attacks in the country in the past decade.
The mostly-Shiite victims were gathered to mark the end Ramadan.
Police said a small truck detonated in a crowded marketplace in the town of Khan Beni Saad Friday night in what quickly turned celebrations into a scene of horror with body parts scattered across the market. At least 170 people were injured in the attack police officials said.
Men quickly emptied boxes of tomatoes to use them for carrying the bodies of small children witnesses said while adult victims lay scattered around the attack scene waiting for medical assistance.
'Khan Beni Saad has become a disaster area because of this huge explosion' Diyala resident Sayif Ali said. 'This is the first day of Eid hundreds of people got killed many injured and we are still searching for more bodies.'
Iraq's speaker of parliament Salim Al-Jabouri said Saturday that the attack has struck an 'ugly sectarian chord' and added that government is making 'attempts to regulate Daesh's terror from destabilizing Diyala security.'
But anger is rife in the volatile province where a number of towns were captured by Daesh last year. Iraqi forces and Kurdish fighters have since retaken those areas but clashes between the militants and security forces continue.
'We went out to the market for shopping and preparations for the holiday Eid in order to receive holiday cheer' said another resident who spoke anonymously for fear of retribution. 'But this joy has turned to grief and we have lost family friends and relatives all because of this government's failure to provide us with security.'
Security forces were out in full force across Diyala on Saturday with dozens of new checkpoints and security protocols immediately implemented in the wake of Friday's attack.
'This horrible carnage is truly outside all boundaries of civilized behavior' Jan Kubis the special representative of the United Nations mission in Iraq said Saturday.'
The mostly-Shiite victims were gathered to mark the end Ramadan.
Police said a small truck detonated in a crowded marketplace in the town of Khan Beni Saad Friday night in what quickly turned celebrations into a scene of horror with body parts scattered across the market. At least 170 people were injured in the attack police officials said.
Men quickly emptied boxes of tomatoes to use them for carrying the bodies of small children witnesses said while adult victims lay scattered around the attack scene waiting for medical assistance.
'Khan Beni Saad has become a disaster area because of this huge explosion' Diyala resident Sayif Ali said. 'This is the first day of Eid hundreds of people got killed many injured and we are still searching for more bodies.'
Iraq's speaker of parliament Salim Al-Jabouri said Saturday that the attack has struck an 'ugly sectarian chord' and added that government is making 'attempts to regulate Daesh's terror from destabilizing Diyala security.'
But anger is rife in the volatile province where a number of towns were captured by Daesh last year. Iraqi forces and Kurdish fighters have since retaken those areas but clashes between the militants and security forces continue.
'We went out to the market for shopping and preparations for the holiday Eid in order to receive holiday cheer' said another resident who spoke anonymously for fear of retribution. 'But this joy has turned to grief and we have lost family friends and relatives all because of this government's failure to provide us with security.'
Security forces were out in full force across Diyala on Saturday with dozens of new checkpoints and security protocols immediately implemented in the wake of Friday's attack.
'This horrible carnage is truly outside all boundaries of civilized behavior' Jan Kubis the special representative of the United Nations mission in Iraq said Saturday.'
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