Suicide bombers target Iraq’s Tuz Khurmatu swimming pool; 12 martyred mostly Shia (Tuz Khurmatu- Iraq)

At least 12 people have been martyred after two suicide bombers attacked a crowded swimming pool in northern Iraq, according to a local official and police sources.

The attacks in the town of Tuz Khurmatu, about 175km north of the capital Baghdad, left 45 others wounded.

Most of the victims were Shia from the country’s ethnic Turkmen minority, according to the Reuters news agency.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility, but the so-called Islamic State terrorist group is suspected to be behind recent bombings in Baghdad and other provinces, including an attack earlier this month in Diyala province that killed more than 100 people.