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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. |
Later, police said at least seven people were killed by a bomb at a Sunni funeral south of Baghdad. | |
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 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. |