The death toll of an attack in central Heet in Anbar province late on Tuesday (May 30th) has risen to 17, including three children, a woman and a local journalist, the Iraqi police in Anbar province said Wednesday.
"A suicide bomber wearing an explosives vest targeted a group of citizens last night", killing 17 and wounding 35 others, Anbar police chief Maj. Gen. Hadi Kassar Erzaij told Diyaruna.
Initial investigations "confirm that an 'Islamic State of Iraq and Syria' (ISIS) terrorist is involved in the attack", he said.
The Iraqi chain Asiasat TV said its journalist Souhaib al-Hiti had died in the attack, for which no group has yet claimed responsibility.
