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Two Sunni mosques bombed, muezzin killed in Iraq: Police

Groups of men wearing military uniforms bombed two Sunni mosques overnight in the Hilla region

Two Sunni mosques bombed, muezzin killed in Iraq: Police

AFPPTI Hilla (Iraq)
Blasts rocked two Sunni mosques in central Iraq today, amid fears of renewed sectarian strife following Saudi Arabia's execution of a prominent Shiite cleric, police and medics said.

Groups of men wearing military uniforms bombed two Sunni mosques overnight in the Hilla region, south of Baghdad, and a muezzin was shot dead near his home in Iskandariyah, the sources said.

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First Published: Jan 04 2016 | 1:22 PM IST

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