June 8, 2007

13 killed in twin attack at Iraq Shiite mosque

Sunni Islamophobes attack Shi'ite mosque.

From AFP, with thanks to Twostellas:

KIRKUK, Iraq (AFP) - At least 13 people were killed and 16 wounded in a twin attack on a Shiite mosque near the northern Iraqi oil city of Kirkuk, police said Friday.

A suicide bomber attacked the Al-Thikalain Husseiniyah shrine in the town of Dakuk, south of Kirkuk, at around 2:00 pm (1000 GMT) -- about the same time as a car bomb exploded outside the building.

Major General Torhan Yussef, chief of Kirkuk police, said 13 people were killed in the attack, including a child and another 16 were wounded, 10 of them seriously....

The town of Dakuk is largely inhabited by Turkmen Shiites.