Five killed in Iraq mosque bombing
At least five people have been killed and dozens of others injured in a bomb blast at a Shia mosque in the central Iraqi town of Baquba, local police and witnesses have said.
The blast occurred on Friday after the end of the main weekly prayers.
Local police and witnessess said the bomb exploded outside a small mosque in a residential area. Officials at a nearby hospital said they knew of 39 people injured.
It was not clear whether it was a car bomb.
Baquba, 65 km north of Baghdad, is a hotbed of resistance to the US-led occupation of Iraq.
The attack comes a day after nine US personnel were killed when their military helicopter crashed in the hotbed city of Falluja. Witnesses said it had been brought down by a missile.
Mosques have been the target of violent attacks in the past.
A car bomb outside the main mosque in the Shia holy city of Najaf killed more than 80 people after Friday prayers last August. An explosion near a mosque in the mainly Sunni town of Falluja in June killed nine people.