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| Iraq violence: Diyala mosque bomb attack 'kills 20' | Iraq violence: Diyala mosque bomb attack 'kills 20' |
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| A suicide bomb blast inside a Sunni mosque in central Iraq has killed at least 20 people and injured dozens more, officials say. | |
| The explosion hit the Abu Bakr al-Sadiq Mosque in the town of Wajihiya in Diyala province, police said, wounding around 40 people. | |
| A surge of violence in recent weeks has seen a number of mosques targeted. | |
| More than 2,500 Iraqis have died in violent attacks since April, according to UN figures released this month. | More than 2,500 Iraqis have died in violent attacks since April, according to UN figures released this month. |
| Witnesses said the bomber in the latest attack had detonated his explosives as the imam was giving his sermon. | |
| The recent rise in violence comes amid heightened tensions between Iraq's Sunni and Shia communities, amid claims by the Sunnis that they are being marginalised by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's Shia-led government. | The recent rise in violence comes amid heightened tensions between Iraq's Sunni and Shia communities, amid claims by the Sunnis that they are being marginalised by Prime Minister Nouri Maliki's Shia-led government. |
| Although the violence is less deadly than that seen during the heights of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007, it is the most widespread since the US military withdrawal in 2011. | Although the violence is less deadly than that seen during the heights of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007, it is the most widespread since the US military withdrawal in 2011. |