Video: Blasts targeting Sunnis in Iraq kill at least 58
Friday, 17 May 2013
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Al Arabiya with AFP -
At least 58 people were killed in Iraq after two explosions hit a
Sunni mosque another struck a Sunni funeral procession and bomb exploded in a
commericial Sunni area in western Baghdad.
The first bomb
exploded as worshippers were departing the Saria mosque in the city of
Baquba, north of Baghdad. A second bomb later exploded after people
gathered at the site of the first blast, claiming the lives of at least
41 people and wounding 57, officials told AFP.
In Madain, south
of Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded near a funeral procession for a
Sunni man, killing eight people and wounding at least 25, security and
medical officials said, according to AFP.
Meanwhile, Iraqi
officials told AP that a bomb exploded in a mainly Sunni neighborhood in
western Baghdad, killing at least seven people and wounding 20.
The attacks on Friday are the latest in a series of bombing that have
targeted Sunni and Shiite places, security forces and tribal leaders,
since security forces raided a Sunni protest camp near Kirkuk a month
ago.
On Thursday, a suicide bomber killed 12 people at the
entrance of Al-Zahraa Husseiniyah, a Shiite place of worship in the city of
Kirkuk.
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has blamed the recent spike in violence on
religious intolerance.
“The bloodshed... is a result of sectarian hatred,” Maliki said. “These crimes
are a natural result of the sectarian mindset.”
Tensions between the Shiite prime minister’s government and members of the
Sunni minority have increased lately as Sunnis accuse Iraqi authorities of
targeting their own community.
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