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Double bombings kill 7 people in Iraq

A double bombing of a Sunni mosque in Baghdad and a shooting west of the Iraqi capital killed seven people on Friday, officials said, the latest attacks in a wave of violence roiling the country

The Jakarta Post
Iraq
Sat, November 9, 2013

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Double bombings kill 7 people in Iraq

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double bombing of a Sunni mosque in Baghdad and ashooting west of the Iraqi capital killed seven people on Friday, officialssaid, the latest attacks in a wave of violence roiling the country.

The police said a bomb went off just after Friday prayers as Sunni worshippers were coming out from the Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque in Baghdad'€™s western Shurta district.

A second bomb, planted further down the street, exploded seconds later among worshippers trying to flee from the first blast. Police said the two bombings killed five people and wounded 15. Security forces quickly sealed off the area around the mosque.

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