Police said on 13 July that the blast occurred late last night in Jalula near the Iranian border. Six of the wounded are in serious condition.
Police said a suicide bomber might have been inside the mosque preparing for an attack when the explosives detonated prematurely.
Sunni insurgents have mounted several bombings in or near Shi'ite mosques in a campaign designed to topple Iraq's new Shi'ite-led government.
(AFP/Reuters)
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Bomb Hits Sunni Mosque In Iraq
13 July 2005 (RFE/RL) -- Iraqi police say that a bomb exploded at a Sunni mosque in eastern Iraq, killing two people and wounding 16.
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