Bombing attack outside Iraqi mosque kills five

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Bombing attack outside Iraqi mosque kills five

At least five people were killed and dozens of others wounded in a bombing attack Friday outside a Shiite mosque in Baquba, some 60 km northeast of Baghdad, local first aid workers said.

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At least five people were killed and dozens of others wounded in a bombing attack Friday outside a Shiite mosque in Baquba, some 60 km northeast of Baghdad, local first aid workers said.

Relatives wailed while covering bodies of their loved ones, denouncing certain factions who intended to provoke a sectarian conflict.

The bombing at the Haji Sadeq mosque came just after the end of main weekly Muslim noon prayers when the street was crowded with worshipers, said eyewitnesses.

The type of the bomb or source of the attackers were not known, like nearly all the previous bombings in Iraq, though a car was seen burning in flames.

A correspondent of the Qatar-based al-Jazeera TV station said a blown up cylinder was later found at the site of the blast, but she could not determine if the explosion was the result of an accident or a target attack.

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