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Sectarian Attacks Kill Scores in Iraq

HeadlineAug 26, 2014

A car bomb has killed at least 10 people today in the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Across Iraq on Monday, at least four dozen people were killed in a series of bombings targeting mainly Shiite areas. In Baghdad, 11 people were killed by a suicide attack inside a mosque. The Islamic State has claimed responsibility for that attack, calling it revenge for a mass shooting that killed 73 people at a Sunni mosque east of the capital on Friday.

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