At least 37 people have been killed after a car bomb struck a funeral ceremony in Baghdad, officials say.
Dozens were also wounded in the attack on Thursday, which took place in the predominantly Shia Muslim neighbourhood of Shuala, in the north of the Iraqi capital.
"A car bomb that exploded outside a tent where mourners were gathered for a funeral ceremony killed 37 people, and 78 were hurt," a defence ministry official told the AFP news agency.
Officials said that police who rushed to the scene were confronted by an angry mob that were throwing stones.
The military sent in soldiers to restore order.
The funeral attack was the latest targeting Shia Muslims since a spate of car bombings last week killed 57 people outside the city of Karbala in southern Iraq.
In other incidents on Thursday, at least five people were killed and 21 others wounded by roadside bomb attacks, while a bomb placed inside a minibus killed at least two people and wounded seven.
Source : Aljazeera Agencies
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