A suicide bomber blew himself up in a football stadium in Iraq on Friday, resulting in the deaths of 29 people along with 60 injured. IS claimed responsibility for the attack. A local police captain said the suicide bomber blew himself up in the crowd as the trophy was being handed to the winners. It was the day of the final of a local youth tournament and hence there was a large number of people present, many of them children. The incident has sparked outrage on social media with many condemning the act of violence:
Heart breaking! Football is a distraction from a life of horror Now even that has been taken away. #PrayForIraq #RIP pic.twitter.com/zQidexrYlO
— Alan Mtashar (@AlanMtashar) March 26, 2016
it's not just our hearts that bleed, even our football #PrayForIraq pic.twitter.com/b3b9B1K75v
— Barshank (@Barshan89) March 26, 2016
So Muslim kids won't even play #Football now ?? #PrayForIraq pic.twitter.com/jUwP8ryaQa
— Ihtisham ul haq (@iihtishamm) March 26, 2016