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Iraq violence: Baquba mosque hit by deadly blasts Iraq violence: Baquba mosque hit by deadly blasts
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At least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured in two explosions outside a mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba, north of Baghdad.At least 30 people have been killed and dozens injured in two explosions outside a mosque in the Iraqi city of Baquba, north of Baghdad.
Police and medical workers say the bombs went off as people were leaving the Sunni mosque after Friday prayers.Police and medical workers say the bombs went off as people were leaving the Sunni mosque after Friday prayers.
The attack comes amid a wave of sectarian violence in Iraq between minority Sunni Arabs and the Shia-led government. Later, police said at least seven people were killed by a bomb at a Sunni funeral south of Baghdad.
It comes two days of deadly attacks on Shia targets across Iraq. Iraq has seen a sharp increase in Sunni-Shia sectarian violence in recent weeks.
On Thursday, at least eight people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia mosque in the northern city of Kirkuk.On Thursday, at least eight people were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a Shia mosque in the northern city of Kirkuk.
The mosque was being attended by relatives mourning victims of violence in the city the day before.The mosque was being attended by relatives mourning victims of violence in the city the day before.
Hours earlier, at least 12 people were killed in car bomb attacks on mainly Shia districts of the capital Baghdad. Hours before that, at least 12 people were killed in car bomb attacks on mainly Shia districts of the capital Baghdad.
On Wednesday, at least 34 people died in bomb attacks across Iraq, several of which targeted Shia areas.On Wednesday, at least 34 people died in bomb attacks across Iraq, several of which targeted Shia areas.
The surge of violence across Iraq in the past month began after an army raid on a Sunni anti-government protest camp near the northern town of Hawija that left 50 people dead.
The demonstrators accused the government of targeting the Sunni community.