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Media: AFP
Byline: N/A
Date: 11 September 2006
BAQUBA, Iraq, Sept 11, 2006 (AFP) - Insurgents killed seven people on Monday
when they bombed the main Shiite mosque of the town of Beni Saad in the
restive province of Diyala, north of Baghdad, police said.
In a carefully orchestrated attack, six mortars slammed into the Al-Mustafa
mosque before gunmen surrounded it and shot dead its four guards, a police
officer said.
The gunmen then stormed the mosque and blew it apart with dynamite.
Three other bodies were found under the debris when the security forces
arrived, the officer said, adding that the toll would have been higher if
the insurgents had struck earlier during the main evening prayers.
The mixed Sunni-Shiite town of Beni Saad, 25 kilometres (16 miles) southwest
of the provincial capital of Baquba, has witnessed a number of sectarian
attacks in recent months.
Baquba itself has become one of the most violent cities in Iraq with dozens
of people killed every week in bombings and shootings.
It was in Diyala province that Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
was killed and one of his main deputies Abu Hammam was captured.
Byline: N/A
Date: 11 September 2006
BAQUBA, Iraq, Sept 11, 2006 (AFP) - Insurgents killed seven people on Monday
when they bombed the main Shiite mosque of the town of Beni Saad in the
restive province of Diyala, north of Baghdad, police said.
In a carefully orchestrated attack, six mortars slammed into the Al-Mustafa
mosque before gunmen surrounded it and shot dead its four guards, a police
officer said.
The gunmen then stormed the mosque and blew it apart with dynamite.
Three other bodies were found under the debris when the security forces
arrived, the officer said, adding that the toll would have been higher if
the insurgents had struck earlier during the main evening prayers.
The mixed Sunni-Shiite town of Beni Saad, 25 kilometres (16 miles) southwest
of the provincial capital of Baquba, has witnessed a number of sectarian
attacks in recent months.
Baquba itself has become one of the most violent cities in Iraq with dozens
of people killed every week in bombings and shootings.
It was in Diyala province that Al-Qaeda in Iraq leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi
was killed and one of his main deputies Abu Hammam was captured.