Islamic State has claimed responsibility for gun and car bomb attacks that killed at least 60 people in southern Iraq Thursday.

More than 80 people were also wounded in the attacks near Nasiriyah, the capital of Dhiqar province, officials said.

Militants opened fire at a restaurant and shortly afterwards a suicide attack carried out by a driver in an explosive-laden vehicle struck a nearby security checkpoint, officers said.

Three of the dead were police officers, while a number of others were Iranians, many of them pilgrims dining at the restaurant while en route to visit religious shrines.

In its statement claiming responsibility for the attack, Islamic State said it had killed "dozens" of Shi'ites.

The Shi'ite-dominated Dhiqar province is 320 kilometers southeast of Baghdad.

伊斯蘭國(guó)組織宣布，對(duì)伊拉克南部星期四發(fā)生的槍擊和汽車炸彈襲擊負(fù)責(zé)。這兩起襲擊造成至少60人喪生。

有關(guān)官員說(shuō)，發(fā)生在濟(jì)加爾省首府納西里耶附近的襲擊事件還造成80多人受傷。

有關(guān)官員說(shuō)，激進(jìn)分子先是對(duì)一家飯店開火，沒(méi)過(guò)多久，一個(gè)自殺炸彈殺手又開著載有爆炸物的車子沖向附近的一個(gè)安全哨卡。

死者中有三名警察，還有若干伊朗人，他們其中很多都是朝圣途中在飯店用餐的顧客。

伊斯蘭國(guó)組織發(fā)表聲明，承認(rèn)襲擊事件是他們制造的，并聲稱殺死了“幾十個(gè)”什葉派穆斯林。

濟(jì)加爾省位于首都巴格達(dá)東南約320公里處，居民中什葉派穆斯林占多數(shù)。

Islamic State has claimed responsibility for gun and car bomb attacks that killed at least 60 people in southern Iraq Thursday.

More than 80 people were also wounded in the attacks near Nasiriyah, the capital of Dhiqar province, officials said.

Militants opened fire at a restaurant and shortly afterwards a suicide attack carried out by a driver in an explosive-laden vehicle struck a nearby security checkpoint, officers said.

Three of the dead were police officers, while a number of others were Iranians, many of them pilgrims dining at the restaurant while en route to visit religious shrines.

In its statement claiming responsibility for the attack, Islamic State said it had killed "dozens" of Shi'ites.

The Shi'ite-dominated Dhiqar province is 320 kilometers southeast of Baghdad.

伊斯蘭國(guó)組織宣布，對(duì)伊拉克南部星期四發(fā)生的槍擊和汽車炸彈襲擊負(fù)責(zé)。這兩起襲擊造成至少60人喪生。

有關(guān)官員說(shuō)，發(fā)生在濟(jì)加爾省首府納西里耶附近的襲擊事件還造成80多人受傷。

有關(guān)官員說(shuō)，激進(jìn)分子先是對(duì)一家飯店開火，沒(méi)過(guò)多久，一個(gè)自殺炸彈殺手又開著載有爆炸物的車子沖向附近的一個(gè)安全哨卡。

死者中有三名警察，還有若干伊朗人，他們其中很多都是朝圣途中在飯店用餐的顧客。

伊斯蘭國(guó)組織發(fā)表聲明，承認(rèn)襲擊事件是他們制造的，并聲稱殺死了“幾十個(gè)”什葉派穆斯林。

濟(jì)加爾省位于首都巴格達(dá)東南約320公里處，居民中什葉派穆斯林占多數(shù)。