BEIJING, April 25 -- At least 23 people have been killed and more than 80 wounded in a series of bomb attacks near a mosque in Baghdad and outside a police academy in the north of the country.

    Two explosions on Sunday evening in a mixed Shiite-Sunni district of the Iraqi capital apparently targeted an area close to the Shiite Hussayniah al-Beit mosque, killing 16 and wounding 50.

    The mosque bombing was the latest in a series of attacks on Shiites, with a suicide car bomb exploding outside another Shiite mosque during weekly prayers on Friday, killing nine people and leaving 26 wounded.

    Earlier, two suicide car bombs went off outside a police academy in Tikrit, killing at least seven people and wounding 37.

    Amid the violence, Islamabad said a Pakistani hostage held since two weeks had been released.

Iraq Suicide Bombings Kill 23

2005-4-25 6:53:46 CRIENGLISH.com

At least 23 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in Baghdad.

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    At least 23 people have been killed and more than 80 wounded in a series of bomb attacks near a mosque in Baghdad and outside a police academy in the north of the country.

    Two explosions on Sunday evening in a mixed Shiite-Sunni district of the Iraqi capital apparently targeted an area close to the Shiite Hussayniah al-Beit mosque, killing 16 and wounding 50.

    The mosque bombing was the latest in a series of attacks on Shiites, with a suicide car bomb exploding outside another Shiite mosque during weekly prayers on Friday, killing nine people and leaving 26 wounded.

    Earlier, two suicide car bombs went off outside a police academy in Tikrit, killing at least seven people and wounding 37.

    Amid the violence, Islamabad said a Pakistani hostage held since two weeks had been released.

    (Source: CRIENGLISH.com)