Suicide bomber kills 30 mourners in Mosul mosque bombing

A SUICIDE bomber blew himself up at a Shi-ite mosque during a funeral in Mosul yesterday, killing at least 30 people.

The attack came as Iraq’s main Shi’ite party and a Kurdish bloc said they reached a deal that sets the stage for a new government to be formed.

US troops cordoned off the north-eastern Tameem neighbourhood near the mosque, a poor area of the city crowded with many homes. Civilian vehicles helped ambulance crews in ferrying casualties to hospitals.