At least 32 people have been killed in two explosions outside a Sunni mosque in Baquba, 50 miles (30 km) outside Baghdad, after Friday prayers, police said.
Another blast was reported by Al Jazeera southeast of the
capital where a suicide bomber hit a funeral procession, the death
toll and casualties are not yet known.
The news comes after eleven people were killed in series of bomb
attacks in Baghdad and Kirkuk — Iraq’s two major cities – on
Thursday.
In the Kirkuk attack, five people were killed after a suicide
bomber detonated his explosive vest at the entrance to a Shiite
mosque.
While in the suburb of Sadr city in Baghdad three people and
killed and 17 injured. A further blast in Baghdad a car bomb blew
up outside a market in the Chukook neighborhood, which killed one
bystander.
Militant attacks on Sunni and Shiite mosques as well as against
security forces and tribal leaders have mushroomed since security
forces aided a Sunni protest camp in Kirkuk a month ago, fuelling
fear that Iraq may slide back into all out-sectarian war.
Overall violence in Iraq has dropped since its peak in
2005-2007, but tensions between Sunnis and Shiites have remained
high since the US led invasion of the country in 2003.
Iraq has grown more volatile since the start of the civil war
two years ago in neighboring Syria, which has also pitted Sunnis
against Shiites.
This article originally appeared on : RT