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Seven killed in Baghdad blast at Shi'ite mosque -police sources

World News June 21, 2019 / 2:38 PM / Updated 2 hours ago Seven killed in Baghdad blast at Shi'ite mosque: police sources 1 Min Read Police tape cordon is seen at the site of a bomb attack at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in the Baladiyat neighbourhood of Baghdad, Iraq June 21, 2019. REUTERS

A bomb blast killed seven people at a Shi'ite Muslim mosque in eastern Baghdad on Friday and wounded more than 20, police sources said.

The explosion took place in the Baladiyat neighbourhood. A senior police source said that either a suicide belt or improvised explosive device had been used in the attack, for which there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

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