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Toll in Iraq mosque attack rises to 30 dead
[Al Ahram] Twin bombings against a joint Sunni-Shiite prayer session at a mosque north of Storied Baghdad...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate... on Friday killed 30 people and maimed 24 others, Iraqi officials said, updating an earlier toll. The blasts at the Al-Salam mosque in Baquba, 60 kilometres (35 miles) from the capital, struck as worshippers were leaving following midday prayers, according to an army major and Ahmed al-Azzawi, a doctor at the city's main hospital. Posted by: Fred 2013-09-14 |
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