ISIS axe rampage at Christian festival parade leaves three injured

Taryn Pedler - DailyMail - 02/04
Witnesses of Wednesday's horror said an attacker, who has not been officially identified, ran towards the crowd shouting Islamic slogans before carrying out his stabbing spree.

Three people have been injured in Iraq after a man armed with an axe attacked a parade hosted by Assyrian Christians as they marked their new year, officials said.

The event in, held every year on April 1, drew thousands of Assyrians who marched through Dohuk in northern Iraq waving flags and wearing colourful traditional clothes.

But witnesses of Wednesday's horror said an attacker, who has not been officially identified, ran towards the crowd chanting Islamic slogans before carrying out his stabbing spree.

He brutally struck three people with the axe before being overpowered by participants and security ...
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