Suicide car bombing kills 3, injures over 20 in northern Iraq

BAGHDAD, Aug. 10 (Xinhua) -- Three people were killed and more than 20 others injured in a suicide car bombing Friday near Iraq's northern major city of Mosul, local police said.

A police official, on condition of anonymity, told Xinhua via telephone that the explosion took place at a Shiite mosque and most of the victims were Shiite residents who went there for Friday prayer.

The blast also caused damage to several nearby residential buildings and vehicles, said the official.

As some of the injured were in serious condition, the death toll could rise later, said the source.

Violence in Iraq has seen an increase recently.

from XINHUA
2012-08-10 20:08:56

Posted in: Baghdad, Car bomb, Iraq, Mosul, Shia Islam