One Martyred in Rocket Attacks on Iraqi Holy Site

Rocket attacks on the holy shrines of Al-Imamayn al-Askariyain (AS) in the city of Samarra, Iraq, have left one person martyred and 32 others wounded.

Within hours after the attacks on Monday, the Iraqi air force targeted and destroyed the launch sites, Buratha news agency reported.
The Takfiri militants of the so-called Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are thought to be behind the assaults.
The militant attack came just two days after government forces cleared militants out of an area near Samarra.
The city, located nearly 120 kilometers (74 miles) north of Baghdad, is home to the holy shrines of two Shia Imams and a major pilgrimage site visited by tens of millions of Muslims annually despite the tense security situation in the area.
Over the past days, Iraqi armed forces have been engaged in fierce clashes with the terrorists, who have threatened to take their acts of violence to other Iraqi cities, including the capital, Baghdad. However, the ISIL’s advance has been slowed down as Iraqi military and volunteer forces have begun engaging them on several fronts.
Senior Muslim clerics have condemned the ISIL atrocities, including mass executions and rape.

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