Eleven killed as bomber hits Iraq intelligence headquarters

A bomber has rammed his explosive-laden car into the Iraqi Interior Ministry’s intelligence headquarters in the capital, Baghdad, killing at least 11 people and injuring several others.

Iraqi security officials said on Saturday that about 10 other people were injured in the blast which took place at the entrance of the building in central Baghdad.

No group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but the attack bore the hallmarks of Takfiri militants fighting the Iraqi government.

Also on Friday night, a bomber driving a military Humvee packed with explosives attacked a gathering of soldiers and Shia volunteers near Tikrit, killing at least nine people.

The latest blasts come a day after unknown assailants stormed a Sunni mosque in Diwali Province, killing dozens of people and injuring several others.

Meanwhile, atrocities by ISIL Takfiris have caused a new exodus of Iraqi Christians after the fall of the Assyrian city of Qaraqosh in northern Iraq. Many of the refugees have been seeking refuge in the country’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region.

Press TV correspondents say many of the refugees leave their homes fearing sexual violence against women and children by the terrorists.

The ISIL terrorists have threatened all communities, including Shias, Sunnis, Kurds, Christians, Izadi Kurds and others, as they continue their advances in Iraq.

They have been committing heinous crimes in the areas they have taken, including the mass execution of civilians as well as Iraqi army troops and officers.

The Iraqi army, backed by thousands of volunteers, is engaged in fierce fighting with the ISIL militants to push them out of the captured areas.