Baghdad: A roadside bomb followed by a suicide bombing near a Shia mosque south of Baghdad killed at least six people and wounded 19 today, security and medical officials said.
The first blast struck as worshippers were leaving today prayers, while the suicide bomber detonated explosives after security forces arrived.
Security forces members were among the dead and wounded, but the exact number was not immediately clear.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but Sunni extremists, including the Islamic State terrorist group, often carry out bombings targeting Shias, whom they consider heretics.
The bombings came a week after a series of attacks claimed by ISIS targeted Shias in Baghdad, killing at least 19 people.
ISIS overran large areas north and west of Baghdad in June 2014, sweeping security forces aside, and though Iraqi forces have since pushed the terrorists back, the group still holds much of western Iraq.
Bombings in Baghdad have become less frequent since the ISIS offensive last year, apparently because the terrorists have been occupied with fighting elsewhere.
The first blast struck as worshippers were leaving today prayers, while the suicide bomber detonated explosives after security forces arrived.
Security forces members were among the dead and wounded, but the exact number was not immediately clear.
The bombings came a week after a series of attacks claimed by ISIS targeted Shias in Baghdad, killing at least 19 people.
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Bombings in Baghdad have become less frequent since the ISIS offensive last year, apparently because the terrorists have been occupied with fighting elsewhere.
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