Iraq suicide bomb: IS kills at least 20 Published duration 9 June 2017

image copyright Reuters image caption A firefighter hoses down a street after the suicide bomb attack

A suicide bomber has struck a market in Iraq in a town near the Shia holy city of Karbala, killing at least 20 people.

The so-called Islamic State (IS) group has said it carried out the attack in Musayyib.

IS has long mounted a violent campaign against Iraqi Shia, denouncing them as heretics.

The group has increased its attacks on civilians in big cities in Iraq as increasingly loses territory.