Sunni suicide bomber blows up another Sunni and his family members.
A suicide bomber blew himself up as he embraced a Sunni Muslim political leader in northern Iraq Wednesday, killing the man and four of his family a day before elections in the area.
Al-Qaeda’s local wing has increased its attacks this year, often targeting moderate Sunni leaders in a bid to ignite sectarian upheaval and undermine Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki’s Shiite-led government.
Pretending to be a guest at a family gathering, the attacker hugged Younis al-Rammah before detonating an explosive vest.
Rammah headed the moderate Sunni “United Iraq Gathering” movement, a minor political group, police and local officials said.
“Body parts and human flesh covered the garden of the house where the attack happened,” a police officer said.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack in Hadhar in Nineveh Province, 80 km south of Mosul.
But officials blame most recent attacks on Al-Qaeda’s local wing, Islamic State of Iraq.
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