Bomb attacks target Iraqi churches
Car bombs have exploded in a synchronised sequence of attacks outside at least four churches in Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least three Iraqis and wounding nine, according to police.
Col Birhan Taha said that three civilians were killed and one wounded in an attack on the Church of the Virgin in Kirkuk. Fifteen minutes earlier, another car bomb exploded outside an Orthodox church, wounding six civilians.
Both cars were detonated by remote control, Taha said.
In Baghdad, a car bomb detonated outside St Joseph’s Catholic church in an eastern Baghdad suburb, wounding two people, said Maj Qusai Ibrahim.
About 20 minutes later, another bomb-packed vehicle exploded outside an Anglican church in eastern Baghdad’s Nidhal area, causing no casualties, said Lt Ali Mitaab.
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