At least 45 people have been killed and many wounded in a suicide attack on a crowd of mourners in Iraq.

The bomber detonated his explosives in the Sunni village of Bu Mohammed, near the northern city of Baquba.

Officials said the funeral was for two members of a local group who had died fighting al-Qaeda in Iraq militants.

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A witness to Thursday's blast, Imad Abdullah al-Azzawi, told the AFP news agency that the bomber blew himself up inside a mourning tent.

"There are bodies and body parts scattered everywhere. There is blood everywhere," he said.

Another witness, Ali Khalaf, told the Reuters news agency: "Suddenly a fireball filled the funeral tent. I fell to the ground. I saw bodies scattered everywhere."

The funeral was for two men were said to be leading figures in the Sunni Awakening Council.

Some members of the Sunni community in the area have joined the movement, which works alongside the Americans and Iraqi government to fight al-Qaeda-linked insurgents.

The authorities say the insurgents are operating in the Baquba area after being forced out of Baghdad and the western province of Anbar.

(BBC)

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