Iraq on ‘high alert’ on IS attacks, killings

BAGHDAD: Iraq boosted security on Monday (Tuesday in Manila)amid fears of the Islamic State (IS) group launching major attacks on Shiite pilgrims flocking to the shrine city of Karbala as further reports emerged of mass killings.

The pilgrims are prime targets for the IS jihadists, who have carried out a series of mass executions in recent days, killing scores of members of a tribe in Iraq’s western Anbar province.