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Car bomb attack kills 8 people in Baghdad

BAGHDAD - A car bomb blast near a Shiite mosque on Friday morning has killed eight people in Baghdad and wounded 18 others, Iraqi authorities said.

 

The car exploded near al-Mubarak mosque in the mostly Shiite district of Karradah in downtown Baghdad, police officials said.

  

Medical officials confirmed the causalities. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief the media.

 

Attacks against Shiite civilians and mosques are common tactics used by Islamic State militants who considers Shiites heretics.

 


פרסום ראשון: 09.19.14, 13:07