Death toll in Mosul funeral blast hits 30

A doctor in Mosul has reported the death toll after a suicide blast at a funeral has reached 30 an is still rising.

The suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shiite mosque in the northern Iraqi city today. The attack took place during a funeral, witnesses said.

Doctor Saher Maher said: “We received 30 dead and 25 injured and the numbers are increasing.”

A witness described the blast. “As we were inside the mosque, we saw a ball of fire and heard a huge explosion,” said Tahir Abdullah Sultan, 45.

”After that blood and pieces of flesh were scattered around the place,” he added. US troops cordoned off the area near the mosque.