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| Iraq |
| Suicide bombers target Baghdad mosque, 26 dead |
| 2013-06-19 |
| Two suicide bombers blew themselves up inside and near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad on Tuesday, killing 26 people and wounding 55, Iraqi officials said. Two police officers said the first bomber detonated his explosives at a security checkpoint near the mosque in BaghdadÂ’s northern Qahira neighborhood in an apparent attempt to distract the authorities. The district is a middle-class, Shiite-majority neighborhood. Amid the commotion, a second bomber slipped into the mosque and blew himself up while worshippers were performing midday prayers, according to police. Most of the casualties were among students from a nearby Imam al-Sadiq University for Islamic Studies. Police officials said the universityÂ’s Shiite students usually perform their midday prayers in the targeted mosque. A medic in a nearby hospital confirmed the casualties. |
| Posted by:Steve White |