Firefighters and people gather at the site of an explosion near a mosque in Baghdad. (File Photo)<\/p>\n
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At least four people have been killed and more than 17 others injured in a bomb explosion near a mosque in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.\n<\/p>\n
According to Iraqi police, a roadside bomb went off near a mosque in the southwestern district of al-Saydiya as worshippers were leaving the Friday Prayers venue.\n<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, three policemen were killed and two others were injured after gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in the city of Fallujah.\n<\/p>\n
The attacks come a day after 25 people were killed in a series of bombings across the Iraqi capital.\n<\/p>\n
There has been a recent upsurge in violence across Iraq and over 1,000 people have been killed in the past two months.\n<\/p>\n
According to figures released by Iraqi security and medical sources, more than 600 people have been killed in May.\n<\/p>\n
The United Nations envoy to Iraq Martin Kobler on Thursday warned that \u00c5\u201csystemic violence is ready to explode at any moment.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
He also urged Iraq’s political leaders to \u00c5\u201cengage immediately to pull the country out of this mayhem.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blamed militant groups and the remnants of the former Ba\u00e2\u201e\u00a2athist regime for the recent wave of violence.\n<\/p>\n
He has also accused some regional countries of fueling the violence in his country in a bid to topple the Iraqi government.\n<\/p>\n
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