Sunni mosque in Iraq attacked
15 slain as suicide bomber first rakes imam, worshippers with gunfire
Posted: October 17, 2009 at 4:36 a.m.
A suicide bomber who hid among the Sunni congregation in a northern Iraqi mosque sprayed gunfire at Muslim worshippers Friday and then blew himself up, killing at least 15 people, including the imam leading prayers, officials said.
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