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FIFA chief Infantino 'saddened' by stadium attack in Iraqi city

Updated on: 28 March,2016 07:36 AM IST  | 
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The newly-elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said that he was "shocked and terribly saddened" by the suicide bombing targeted at a football stadium in the Iraqi city of Iskanderiyah, south of Baghdad, where at least 30 people were killed and 95 wounded

FIFA chief Infantino 'saddened' by stadium attack in Iraqi city

Gianni Infantino

Zurich: The newly-elected FIFA president Gianni Infantino has said that he was "shocked and terribly saddened" by the suicide bombing targeted at a football stadium in the Iraqi city of Iskanderiyah, south of Baghdad, where at least 30 people were killed and 95 wounded.


Gianni Infantino
Gianni Infantino


In a statement on FIFA website on Saturday, Infantino extended his "deepest condolences to the victims’ families", reports Efe.


Infantino pointed out that football "unites people" around the world, and added: "It is a very sad day when people, going to a match together, become the victims of such violence."

An official from Iraqi police said that a suicide bomber cut through the crowd and detonated the explosives-laden vest he was wearing inside the stadium, where a local match was being played.

The attack killed 32 people and injured 84 others. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the attack.   

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