iraq bomb blast

BAGHDAD: A car bomb ripped through a funeral ceremony in a Shia neighbourhood of Baghdad on Thursday, killing 15 people and wounding 25, an interior ministry official said.

"Fifteen people were killed and 25 were wounded by a car bomb that exploded near the tent where a funeral ceremony was being held," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.

He added that the attack took place in the predominantly Shia neighbourhood of Shuala in northern Baghdad.