At least 35 people were killed at a Shia shrine in Iraq, in an attack claimed by the so-called Islamic State militants.
The shrine, situated north of Baghdad, was struck by suicide bombers, gunfire and mortar rounds according to an Iraqi spokesperson.
The overnight attack also wounded 50 people, the Joint Operations Command spokesman said in a statement.
The Sayyid Mohammed shrine was first targeted with mortar rounds, after which suicide bombers arrived at the shrine and opened fire, the statement said.
Two of the bombers then blew themselves up in a market next to the shrine while the third was killed and his explosive belt defused, it said, without specifying which forces killed the bomber.
The attack in the Balad area, located 70km north of Baghdad, came five days after a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-rigged minibus in the capital, killing 292 people.
