Three gunmen of ISIS terrorist organization opened fire at a Real Madrid supporters club in the town of Balad, near the city of Samarra, northern Iraq, killing at least 14 people.
President of the Madrid supporters club, Ziad Subhan, said: ‘A group of Islamic terrorists, from ISIS, came into the café, armed with AK-47s, shooting at random at everyone who was inside’.
When asked about the motive for the attack, he replied: ‘They don’t like football, they think it’s anti-Muslim. They just carry out attacks like this. This is a terrible tragedy’.
At least 14 people are dead and 20 more injured.
Javier Tebas Medrano, president of La Liga, said: ‘Dismayed by the attack against a sentence of Real Madrid [fans] in Iraq. Terrorism attacks the football. We are with the victims and their families.’