Bombings at Shi'ite mosque in Baghdad kill at least 33


  • World
  • Thursday, 12 Sep 2013

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A co-ordinated car and suicide bomb attack on a Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi capital killed at least 33 people on Wednesday evening, police and medical sources said.

Worshippers were leaving the mosque after evening prayers when the car bomb exploded, and as onlookers rushed to help the wounded, a suicide bomber blew himself up in their midst.

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