Bombings at Mosque, Funeral Kill 51 in Iraq
SUBSCRIPTION SATURDAY, MAY 18, 2013 RAJAB 8, 1434 AH No: 15812 Traffic issues 28 US: Russia sends Atletico stun Real tickets, seizes Syria advanced to win their 10th 23 roaming4 taxis anti-ship 7missiles King’s48 Cup Bombings at mosque, funeral kill 51 in Iraq Max 36º 150 Fils Bloodbath raises specter of tit-for-tat killings Min 24º BAQUBA: Two bombs near a Sunni mosque and another targeting a Sunni funeral procession killed 51 people in Iraq yesterday, officials said, after two days of attacks against Shiites that killed dozens. The surge in violence raises the specter of tit-for-tat killings common during the height of sectarian bloodletting in Iraq that killed tens of thousands of people, and comes at a time of simmering tension between the country’s Sunni minority and Shiite majority. One bomb exploded as wor- shippers 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 51 people and wounding 57, police and a doctor said. “Authorities should stop these daily explosions and car bombs against innocent people,” Abbas al-Zaidi, 47, said near the scene of the blasts. Omar Mohammed, 35, said the government itself was behind the violence. “It is the politicians and the govern- ment who target us with roadside bombs and car bombs, not armed groups,” he said. Security forces cordoned off the scene of the explosions and the main hospital in Baquba, an AFP journalist said. A string of ambulances carried victims from the scene of the blasts to the hospital, and police and soldiers also helped transport the wounded and dead.
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