At least five people have been killed and dozens of others injured in a bomb blast at a Shia mosque in the central Iraqi town of Baquba.
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The blast occurred on Friday after the end of the main weekly prayers. Local police and witnessess said the bomb exploded outside a small mosque in a residential area. Officials at a nearby hospital said they knew of 39 people injured. It was not clear whether it was a car bomb. Mosques have been the target of violent attacks in the past. A car bomb outside the main mosque in the Shi'ite holy city of Najaf killed more than 80 people after Friday prayers last August. An explosion near a mosque in the mainly Sunni town of Falluja in June killed nine people. |