Iraq: Fifteen killed at Islamic State attack on Shiite wedding party

Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack that killed more than 15 people at a wedding party near the southern Shi'ite city of Kerbala, the militants' Amaq news agency said in a statement on Monday. "Dozens were killed and wounded after four fighters from the Islamic State attacked a gathering of Shi'ites in Ain al-Tamr, south west of Kerbala," the statement said. 

A police statement said five assailants including a suicide bomber attacked the celebration in Ain al-Tamr, west of Kerbala. The group opened fire with machine guns and threw hand grenades at the party, the statement said, and security forces killed all the attackers.

Initial reports in local media late on Sunday, citing security sources, blamed the killings on a dispute between two tribes at the wedding party in Ain al-Tamr. The previous bombings targeting Shi'ite cities were claimed by Islamic State, the ultra-hardline Sunni group that controls parts of northern and western Iraq. There were no claims of responsibility for Sunday's attack, 12 hours after it happened.