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| 9 killed, 25 wounded in suicide bombing at Baghdad mosque – report | 9 killed, 25 wounded in suicide bombing at Baghdad mosque – report |
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| At least nine people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in southwest Baghdad, according to police and hospital sources cited by Reuters. At least 25 others were wounded. | At least nine people have been killed in a suicide bombing at a Shia mosque in southwest Baghdad, according to police and hospital sources cited by Reuters. At least 25 others were wounded. |
| AFP is reporting that the bombing killed six people. | |
| A second suicide attacker was shot and killed by security forces before he could set off his explosives, the police sources said. | |
| The blast took place after Friday prayers, when the bomber detonated his explosive vest. | The blast took place after Friday prayers, when the bomber detonated his explosive vest. |
| There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which took place in Baghdad's al-Radwaniya district. However, Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL) militants battling government forces in the north and west have regularly targeted Shia areas of the city. | |
| Meanwhile, a separate bomb went off in Abu Ghraib district, west of Baghdad, on Friday. That blast killed two people and wounded nine others, according to security and medical sources. | |
| It comes less than one month after an IS suicide bombing killed at least 29 people and injured 60 others at a football stadium in Baghdad. | It comes less than one month after an IS suicide bombing killed at least 29 people and injured 60 others at a football stadium in Baghdad. |
| An IS suicide truck bomb also killed at least 60 people in early March, after it was detonated in the Hilla province, located just south of Baghdad. | An IS suicide truck bomb also killed at least 60 people in early March, after it was detonated in the Hilla province, located just south of Baghdad. |
| The rise of IS has exacerbated the long-running sectarian conflict between Shias and Sunnis, which emerged after the US-led invasion of Iraq in 2003. |