Five car bombs struck Shia mosques in Baghdad and the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, killing at least 14 people and wounding more than 70, officials said. A police officer said the deadliest of Friday’s bombing was in western Jihad neighborhood when a parked car bomb exploded as worshippers were leaving a mosque after Friday prayers. Seven people died there and 25 were wounded. Another police officer says four worshippers were killed and nearly 20 were wounded in a bombing in eastern Qahira neighborhood. He said three people died and 15 were wounded in the eastern Zafaraniyah district and that another car bomb killed five and wounded 14 in the northeastern Binook neighborhood.
Three health officials confirmed the causality figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to talk to the media.
