Grenade blast in packed Azerbaijan mosque kills two

18 Aug, 2008

A grenade which exploded in a packed mosque in the Azerbaijan capital Baku on Sunday killed two worshippers and wounded six more, an official said. Five hundred worshippers had gathered in the Abu-Bekr mosque for evening prayers when the device went off just before 1600 GMT, Rassim Gubanov told AFP. Five of the six injured have been hospitalised, he added.

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