Sunni-Shi'ite Jihad Update from [1] AFP: "Iraq insurgents blow up Shia mosque, kill seven"

BAQUBA, Iraq - Insurgents killed seven people on Monday when they bombed the main Shia mosque of the town of Beni Saad in the restive province of Diyala, north of Baghdad, police said.

In a carefully orchestrated attack, six mortars slammed into the Al Mustafa mosque before gunmen surrounded it and shot dead its four guards, a police officer said.

The gunmen then stormed the mosque and blew it apart with dynamite.

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The mixed Sunni-Shia town of Beni Saad, 25 kilometres (16 miles) southwest of the provincial capital of Baquba, has witnessed a number of sectarian attacks in recent months.