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At least 9 dead in suicide bombings at Baghdad Shiite mosque: police

BAGHDAD, Feb 25, (APP/AFP) – At least nine people were
killed on Thursday in a double suicide bombing targeting a mosque frequented by Shiite worshippers in the northwest of the Iraqi capital, police said.
“Two suicide bombers wearing explosive belts blew themselves up in front of the Rasul al-Azam (mosque) in the Shaala district” of Baghdad, a police official said, adding that more than 20 people were wounded in the blasts.