BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Bombs planted at the entrance to two mosques in predominantly Sunni districts of the Iraqi capital killed at least seven worshippers as they left Friday prayers, police and medical sources said.
The deadliest explosion took place in the mainly Sunni district of Doura in southern Baghdad, where at least five worshippers were killed and a further 16 wounded, police said. Two others died in a blast in the northwestern al-Jihad neighbourhood.
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