Six dead after car bombs explode near mosque

09/11/2005 - 18:26:38
Two car bombs exploded this evening near a Shiite Muslim mosque in north-east Baghdad, killing at least six people and injuring 31, police and paramedics at the scene said.

Women and children were among the wounded. The car bombs targeted al-Shuroufi Mosque in the north-eastern neighbourhood of Shaab, police said.

Two children and five women were among the injured, according to police. Paramedics at the scene confirmed the count.

Injured survivors were taken to several hospitals in the Baghdad area.

Insurgents, who are mainly Sunni Muslims, have targeted Shiite mosques in the past, killing and wounding hundreds.

Shiites dominate the government and the US-backed security services.