Some things never change
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 forces.
Videos circulating online show him pinned to the ground by a brave member of public, as he repeatedly shouted: 'Islamic State, the Islamic State remains.'
A 17-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman suffered skull fractures following the viscous attack at the annual parade.
A member of the local security forces, who was operating a surveillance drone, was also wounded. All three were taken to hospital, local security officials said.
At the hospital where her 17-year-old son Fardi was being treated after suffering a skull injury, Athraa Abdullah told The Associated Press that the teenager had gone to the parade with his friends.
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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 forces.
Videos circulating online show him pinned to the ground by a brave member of public, as he repeatedly shouted: 'Islamic State, the Islamic State remains.'
A 17-year-old boy and a 75-year-old woman suffered skull fractures following the viscous attack at the annual parade.
A member of the local security forces, who was operating a surveillance drone, was also wounded. All three were taken to hospital, local security officials said.
At the hospital where her 17-year-old son Fardi was being treated after suffering a skull injury, Athraa Abdullah told The Associated Press that the teenager had gone to the parade with his friends.
ISIS axe rampage at Christian festival parade leaves three injured
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.
