Sunni mosque blown up

14 Jun, 2007

Gunmen blew up a major Sunni mosque in the Iraqi town of Iskandariya on Wednesday, police said, following an attack on a revered Shia shrine that has stirred fears of a surge in sectarian bloodshed. Police said Iskandariya's Grand Mosque had been totally destroyed. Witnesses said the town, which lies south of Baghdad, was tense in the wake of the bombing.

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