Baghdad: A bomb exploded outside a Sunni mosque (Abu Bakr al-Sadiq) in the town of Wajihiya in Diyala province on Friday killing at least 20 people and injuring many while extending a daily wave of violence rippling across Iraq since the holy month of Ramadan began. 

 

The blast occurred during sermon inside the mosque leaving at least 20 dead, officials said. 

 

Iraq is weathering its worst eruption of violence in half a decade, raising fears the country is heading back toward widespread sectarian fighting that peaked in 2006 and 2007. More than 2,600 people have been killed since the start of April. 

 

The pace of the bloodshed has picked up since Ramadan began on Wednesday (July 10) including a suicide bombing at a coffee shop in the northern city of Kirkuk and in an separate incident a suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in the town of al-Abbara, near the city of Baqouba, which is about 60 kilometers northeast of Baghdad.

 

Source:ZeeNews