Thursday, 2 October 2008

Suicide bombers kill 20 people

As Muslims celebrated the close of the fasting month a group of suicide bombers killed at least 20 people in attacks on two mosques during early morning prayers in different areas of Baghdad early Thursday, the authorities have said.

The attacks were the second wave this week during a lengthy public holiday. In the middle class district, an area of southeast Baghdad with a mixture of people of different religions, a car bomber rammed a taxi into an armored vehicle guarding the entrance to a compound, killing eight people, including two Iraqi soldiers. The attack took place in neighborhood whose population is heavily religious. This is the second attack this week and the authorities fear that the bombings may continue and has urged the terrorists behind the bombings to stop.

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