Real Madrid statement following terrorist attack in Iraq

The Spanish club have made an official announcement about the tragic events in Balad: “Madridismo across the whole world cries for its supporters”.

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Update: May 13th, 2016 13:35 EDT

Real Madrid have extended their condolences to the victims of today's terror attack in Iraq, where 16 people were killed and over twenty injured at the headquarters of a supporters club.

The statement:

"Real Madrid C. F. deeply regrets the terrible attack in Iraq which today saw 16 members of a Real Madrid supporters club lose their lives and which has also left over 20 injured.

#LaLiga's thoughts are with the victims & familes after hearing about the attack on a Real Madrid Peña in Iraq. pic.twitter.com/6SLY8mjVeU
— LaLiga English (@LaLigaEN) May 13, 2016

The club expresses its great sadness and offers its regards and condolences to the families and friends of the victims.

Real Madrid extends all of its solidarity to the people of Iraq, who suffer the excessive injustices of extreme violence.

The Real Madrid players will tomorrow wear symbolic black armbands as a sign of their mourning and respect. Football and sport shall always be spaces in which to come together and in which harmony and peace reign and with which no form of barbaric terrorism will be able to compete.

Terrorist attack on Real Madrid supporters club

Today Madridismo across the whole world cries for its supporters, who shall never be forgotten".