BAQUBA: Two bombs near a Sunni mosque and another against a Sunni funeral procession killed 49 people in Iraq yesterday, officials said, after two days of attacks against Shiites that killed dozens.
One bomb exploded as worshippers were departing the Saria mosque in the city of Baquba, north of Baghdad, while a second detonated after people gathered at the scene of the first blast, killing a total of 41 people and wounding 57, police said.
And in Madain, south of Baghdad, a roadside bomb exploded near a funeral procession for a Sunni man, killing eight people and wounding at least 25, medical officials said. Deadly Car bombs hit three Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad on Thursday.
Bombs against Iraqi Sunnis kill 49
Bombs against Iraqi Sunnis kill 49
