伊拉克南部連環襲擊至少60人喪生

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.伊斯蘭國組織宣佈，對伊拉克南部星期四發生的槍擊和汽車炸彈襲擊負責。這兩起襲擊造成至少60人喪生。

有關官員說，發生在濟加爾省首府納西里耶附近的襲擊事件還造成80多人受傷。

有關官員說，激進分子先是對一家飯店開火，沒過多久，一個自殺炸彈殺手又開着載有爆炸物的車子衝向附近的一個安全哨卡。

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

伊斯蘭國組織發表聲明，承認襲擊事件是他們製造的，並聲稱殺死了“幾十個”什葉派穆斯林。

濟加爾省位於首都巴格達東南約320公里處，居民中什葉派穆斯林佔多數。