More than 80 dead in Islamic State attack in Southern Iraq

The death toll has risen to more than 80 after an Islamic State-claimed attack in southern Iraq targeting a restaurant frequented by Shiite Muslim pilgrims, Iraqi officials said.

A total of 84 people were killed and 93 injured in the attack in Nasiriyah, Thi Qar province yesterday, according to provincial governor Yahya al-Nassiri. Among them, seven Iranians were killed and 16 wounded.