(1 Jun 2015) Hundreds in Baghdad attended on Monday the funeral processions of 41 police and Shiite militiamen who died after three Islamic State (IS) suicide bombers targeted a police base in Iraq's western Anbar province earlier that day.
The attack on a police station in the Tharthar area north of the IS-held provincial capital, Ramadi, caused a large secondary explosion in an ammunition depot, officials said.
Another 63 security forces members were wounded in the attack.
The funeral processions were also attended by the country's Interior Minister, Salem al Ghabban, who met with relatives of those killed by extremists.
Monday's attack resembled the massive, coordinated assault launched on Ramadi last month that allowed IS militants to capture the city, marking their biggest gain since a U.S.-led coalition began launching airstrikes against the extremist group last August.
In that assault, the IS group also used Humvees looted from Iraqi security forces.
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