From AsiaNews:
Baghdad (AsiaNews) — Terrorists “have destroyed the most beautiful symbol of the Chaldean Church in the whole of Iraq”, and Christians are “increasingly worried that they will be targets of such acts of violence”, this according to Emmanuel Delly, Patriarch of the Catholic Chaldean Church who was speaking about a terrorist attack which this afternoon destroyed the Bishop’s Palace.
At around 4:30 local time (GMT +3), a terrorist commando rushed in, forced priests and workmen out, placed a bomb and blew it up. It was completely destroyed.
Fortunately, no one was killed or injured, but the Patriarch is very worried that it happened and that the “Iraqi government is impotent to prevent such acts”.