1st LD: At least 15 killed, 30 wounded in suicide bombing at wedding near Iraq's Fallujah

At least 15 people were killed and 30 others wounded on Thursday in a suicide bomb attack targeting a wedding party in a town near the city of Fallujah in Iraq's western province of Anbar, a provincial security source said.

The attack occurred in the evening when a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest among a crowd of people during dinner time at the wedding in the town of Ameriyat al-Fallujah, just east of Fallujah, some 50 km west of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The toll could rise as ambulances, police and civilian vehicles were evacuating the victims to the town's hospital and medical centers, the source said.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks, but the Islamic State (IS) militant group, in most cases, is responsible for such suicide attacks targeting crowded areas, including markets, cafes and mosques across Iraq.

Terrorist acts, violence and armed conflicts killed 1,792 Iraqis and wounded 1,358 others in October across Iraq, the United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq said.

Many blame the current chronic instability, cycle of violence, and the emergence of extremist groups, such as the IS, on the U.S., which invaded and occupied Iraq in March 2003. Endit