Monday, April 25, 2011

7 wounded in bombing outside Baghdad church

Iraqi Christians have faced a recent wave of violence

By SAAD ABDUL-KADIR
 
The Associated Press
 
updated 4/24/2011 9:54:15 AM ET 2011-04-24T13:54:15

An Iraqi police official says seven people have been wounded by a roadside bomb outside the entrance of a Baghdad church.

The official says the blast took place Sunday just yards (meters) from the Sacred Heart Church in Baghdad's Karradah neighborhood. Shrapnel from the bomb struck the outside of the building.

The officer said no parishioners were inside and services had not been held in the building.

Four policemen and three civilian bystanders were wounded.


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