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15 killed, 30 wounded in suicide bombing at Baghdad Shiite mosque

Source:Xinhua Published: 2013-6-18 18:49:36

Up to 15 people were killed and 30 wounded in a suicide bomb attack at a Shiite mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said.

"Our latest report said that 15 worshippers were killed and 30 others wounded by the suicide bombing at al-Husseiniyah (Shiite mosque) in Baghdad," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

The attack occurred around midday when a suicide bomber blew up his explosive-laden vest among worshippers at a mosque in al- Qahira district in northern Baghdad, the source said.

Earlier, the source put the toll at three killed and 10 wounded by the blast.

Violence and sporadic high-profile bomb attacks are still common in the Iraqi cities despite the dramatic decrease in violence since its peak in 2006 and 2007, when the country was engulfed in sectarian killings.
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