Four killed, 17 injured in Baghdad mosque attack
Iran Press TV
Fri May 31, 2013 2:14PM GMT
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.
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.
Meanwhile, three policemen were killed and two others were injured after gunmen attacked a security checkpoint in the city of Fallujah.
The attacks come a day after 25 people were killed in a series of bombings across the Iraqi capital.
There has been a recent upsurge in violence across Iraq and over 1,000 people have been killed in the past two months.
According to figures released by Iraqi security and medical sources, more than 600 people have been killed in May.
The United Nations envoy to Iraq Martin Kobler on Thursday warned that “systemic violence is ready to explode at any moment.”
He also urged Iraq's political leaders to “engage immediately to pull the country out of this mayhem.”
Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has blamed militant groups and the remnants of the former Ba’athist regime for the recent wave of violence.
He has also accused some regional countries of fueling the violence in his country in a bid to topple the Iraqi government.
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