Iraqis kill 11 in revenge for deadly IS attack
Residents of an Iraqi village have killed 11 people in retaliation for a deadly attack claimed by the Islamic State group, an Iraqi security official said.
The inhabitants of the majority Shia village of Al-Rashad in the eastern Diyala province killed 11 people on Wednesday in the predominantly Sunni neighbouring hamlet of Nahr al-Imam, the security official who preferred to remain anonymous said.
The assailants accused the residents of Nahr al-Imam of being behind an attack on Al-Rashad the day before in which 15 people were killed, an increase from an initially reported toll of 11.
Another 26 people were injured in the Tuesday attack on Al-Rashad, according to the latest figures from security sources.
The Sunni militant IS group -- which considers Shias to be "heretics" -- claimed the Al-Rashad attack on Wednesday night.
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