Five killed at blast near Baghdad mosque

on 05/10/2012 13:58:10

A double bombing near a Shiite mosque in Baghdad has killed five people, including four worshippers, Iraqi officials said.

The bombs went off outside the al-Sadrein mosque and at a nearby police checkpoint as Friday noon prayers ended in the mostly Shiite neighbourhood of Zafaraniyah in south-eastern Baghdad, police said.

They said at least 26 worshippers were wounded.

A medical official in a nearby hospital confirmed the casualty figures.

Violence has dropped in Iraq since the height of the insurgency a few years ago but militants still launch deadly attacks against security forces and Shiites in an attempt to undermine the Shiite-led government.