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Iraq: Deadly bombing at Tikrit mosque Iraq: Bombs in Tikrit target mosque and hospital
(about 9 hours later)
At least 16 people have been killed and dozens injured in a bomb attack aimed at worshippers at a mosque in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit. At least 21 people have died in twin bomb attacks in the northern Iraqi city of Tikrit.
Reports say police and local officials were among the casualties. In the first attack, a bomb exploded outside a mosque during Friday prayers, killing 16 people.
It is not clear who carried out the attack or whether a suicide bomber was involved. Hours later, a suicide bomber attacked the hospital where the injured were taken, killing another five.
It is the second attack in Iraq in as many days, after bombings in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, killed at least six people on Thursday. Scores more were wounded. On Thursday, bombings in Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, killed at least six people.
'Canister' bomb'Canister' bomb
The blast happened at about 1245 local time (0945 GMT) on Friday, officials said. The first blast in Tikrit happened at about 1245 local time (0945 GMT) on Friday, officials said. Some reports suggest the bomb was hidden inside a fuel canister at the entrance to the mosque.
Medics said that 16 bodies were brought to the main hospital after the explosion. Doctors said more than 50 people were wounded, including at least one member of the Salaheddin provincial council.
Doctor Raeid Ibrahim was quoted by the AP news agency as saying that another 54 people had been wounded. A suicide bomber later walked into the emergency room at the hospital and blew himself up near where family members had gathered, according to Mohammad al-Asi, spokesman for the Salahuddin provincial governor.
Among the injured was at least one member of the Salaheddin provincial council. Five people were killed and 16 injured, a hospital official said.
Some reports suggest the bomb was hidden inside a fuel canister at the entrance to the mosque. Tikrit - about 130km (80 miles) north of Baghdad - is the home town of deposed Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, executed in 2006.
Tikrit - about 130km (80 miles) north of Baghdad - is the home town of the deposed Iraqi leader, Saddam Hussein.
Many of his relatives and former associates live there.Many of his relatives and former associates live there.
Although no group has said it carried out the attacks, suspected Sunni Islamists carry out frequent attacks in Tikrit and Salahuddin province, trying to stir up sectarian tension.
Tikrit is dominated by Sunni Muslims, a minority in Iraq who were favoured under Saddam.
While violence has decreased in Iraq in the last few years, attacks are still frequent and government or security officials are often targets.While violence has decreased in Iraq in the last few years, attacks are still frequent and government or security officials are often targets.