Tuesday, Jun 18, 2013

BAGHDAD (AFP)--Twin suicide bombs on a Shiite Muslim religious hall in north Baghdad Tuesday killed 31 people and wounded 57 others, officials said, updating an earlier toll.

The two attackers struck after midday prayers at the Habib ibn al-Mudhaher Hussainiyah in the capital's Qahira neighborhood, an interior ministry official and medical officials said.

(END) Dow Jones Newswires

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