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Baghdad Mosque Bombing Kills at Least 29

Zaid Sabah and Danielle Ivory Bloomberg.com 08/28/2011 07:22
Baghdad Mosque Bombing Kills at Least 29 - Baghdad - Middle East - security - terrorism


A suicide bomber who blew himself up inside Um Al-Qura mosque west of Baghdad killed at least 29 people and wounded 38 others, according to Iraqi police and hospital officials, the Associated Press reported.



Among the dead was Iraqi lawmaker Khalid Al-Fahdawi. The president of the government-supported Sunni Endowment of Iraq, Ahmed Abdul Ghafour Al-Samarie, was wounded, Al-Arabiya television reported.

No group immediately claimed responsibility for the bombing.

The building is the largest Sunni mosque in Baghdad. The attack occurred during a special service of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, which ends on Aug. 30.



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