Iraqi Turkomans Mourn Leader Killed In Bombing

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Hundreds of ethnic Turkoman mourners on June 26 attended the funeral of a deputy leader of their minority group who was killed in a double suicide bombing in Tuz Khurmatu, north of Baghdad. Ali Hashim Muhtaroglu, the deputy head of the Turkoman Front, was killed along with seven others on June 25 when bombers struck a demonstration by Turkomans protesting poor security in their region. (Reuters video)