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Publish date22 Jun 2019 - 13:06
Story Code : 426134

Bomb blast targeting Baghdad mosque kills dozen, injures 30

Nearly a dozen people have been killed and 30 others wounded as bomb explosion rocked neighborhood near a mosque in the Iraqi capital of Baghdad.
Bomb blast targeting Baghdad mosque kills dozen, injures 30
A security source, speaking on condition of anonymity,  told Arabic-language Baghdad Today news agency that a bomber detonated his explosive belt among a group of worshippers attending the weekly Friday prayers at al-Muntadar Mosque in al-Baladiyat neighborhood.

 The source added that the blast left ten people dead and 30 others injured.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack yet, but it bears the hallmark of such attacks carried out by the Daesh Takfiri terror group.

Former Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi declared the end of military operations against Daesh in the country on December 9, 2017.

On July 10 that year, he had formally declared victory over Daesh in Mosul, which served as the terrorists’ main urban stronghold in Iraq.

In the run-up to Mosul's liberation, Iraqi army soldiers and volunteer Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters had made sweeping gains against Daesh.

Iraqi forces took control of eastern Mosul in January 2017 after 100 days of fighting, and launched the battle in the west on February 19 last year.
 
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