BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 (Xinhuanet) -- Two suicide bombing attacks on Shitte mosques in eastern Iraq killed at least 56 people and wounded scores of others on Friday, CNN reported.

    However, a source from Iraqi Interior Ministry told Xinhua thatso far 41 were killed and 75 injured in altogether three explosions in the town.

    "Three explosions in all occurred in the town of Khanaqin in eastern Iraq. The first one is a car bomb detonating near a bank in the town. Another two suicide bombers blew themselves up in twoShiite mosques when people were conducting their Friday prayers," the source said.

    Khanaqin is a Shiite-dominated town about 140 km northeast of Baghdad, with Sunnis and Kurds also living there.

    Reports reaching here from Khanaqin said that local authoritieshave immediately imposed a curfew in the town near the Iranian border. Enditem