Three people have been injured in Iraq after a man armed with an axe attacked a parade hosted

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.

But witnesses of the 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 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.

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