Sectarian violence in Iraq hasn’t gone away since the end of the U.S. led invasion. Last Saturday two suicide bombers attacked a cluster of funeral tents that were packed with mourning families in a Shia neighborhood of Baghdad, killing 72 people.
The assaults are the latest in a string of violence that show the determination of insurgents to ignite a sectarian conflict. Thousands of Iraqi’s have been killed in recent months, the highest since 2008.
From the Guardian: “I saw several charred bodies on the ground and tents on fire and also burning cars. Wounded people were screaming in pain,” said Sheik Sattar al-Fartousi, one of the mourners. “The scene was horrible. The funeral turned into an inferno.”
Insurgents reportedly targeted the site due to the fact that the community has been thriving, and some local stores have been discretely selling alcohol.
