Abour 41 killed, 105 injured in Iraq stadium bombing

Iraqi officials have updated the death toll from a recent bombing in a soccer stadium near the capital, Baghdad, saying 41 people are now confirmed dead in the terror attack which was claimed by the Takfiri terrorist group.

Security and public health officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, provided the toll Saturday, saying 105 people were wounded in the blast which took place a day earlier during a match in the small stadium in the city of Iskanderiyah, about 50 km south of Baghdad.

ISIL has been dealt major blows by Iraqi forces over the past months. The terrorists have launched several high-profile attacks targeting civilians to avenge the defeats.

Iraqi security forces and allied tribal and volunteer fighters are in the midst of an operation to retake territories from Daesh in the western province of Anbar while a simultaneous offensive is underway to liberate areas under the control of the militants in the northern province of Nineveh.

On Friday, Iraqi troops pushed militants out of the town of Kubaysah, which is located in the district of Hit in Anbar. This came one day after Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish fighters retook three villages located on the outskirts of the town of Makhmour, east of Nineveh’s provincial capital of Mosul.

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