ISIS carried out a double bombing at a wedding in Iraq, killing 26 people.

Two Islamic State militants detonated a bomb at a wedding in Tikrit, Iraq, on March 8, killing 26 people and injuring at least 25 others.

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A wedding was targeted by two suicide bombers from the Islamic State (IS) in the village of Hajaj, near the city of Tikrit, Iraq, an area with many militias involved in the anti-insurgency campaign, BBC reported today.

The first assailant detonated a bomb hidden in his vest amidst a dancing crowd, while the other targeted rescuers. The incident resulted in a total of 26 deaths and at least 25 injuries, including many children, according to a local government spokesperson.

This wedding brought together members of a family who had fled Anbar province in western Iraq. Some members of the family had previously allied with an anti-ISIS tribe back home.

IS was driven out of Tikrit in mid-2015, but the group continued to carry out numerous attacks in the city center and suburbs.

The village of Hajaj, where the suicide bombing took place. Graphic: BBC

The attack occurred amid a government offensive to liberate Mosul, the largest remaining ISIS stronghold in Iraq. The momentum of the anti-ISIS forces' advance has slowed considerably since the fighting spread to the densely populated western areas of Mosul.

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