At least twenty-eight people were killed and 37 others injured Sunday evening in a suicide bombing at a Sunni mosque in western Baghdad, an official at the Interior Ministry.
"A suicide bomber broke into the Umm al-Qura mosque in the district of al-Ghazaliyah and blew himself up, killing 28 people and wounding 37 others," including children, said the official, who requested anonymity.
Khaled al-Fahdawi, a member of the Sunni province of Al Anbar, is among the dead, the official said.
According to an official of the Ministry of Defence, the results of this attack occurred at 9:45 p.m. (6:45 p.m. GMT) is 29 dead and 35 wounded.
A spokesman for security forces in Baghdad, Qassim Atta said he was "one hundred percent sure that al Qaeda is behind this attack."
Ahmed Abdel Ghafour al-Samarrai, head of the Umm al-Qura mosque, told the television channel Al-Charqiyah he was "sure that al Qaeda was behind the attack."
"We will continue our fight against these criminals and miscreants. They have tried before to lead the country into a sectarian war," said the cleric, co-founder of a Sunni militia opposed to al-Qaeda and known for his sermons virulent against extremists.
The Umm al-Qura mosque is managed by the Waqf (religious endowments authority) Sunni.
The attack came shortly before the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The feast of Fitr will be celebrated on Tuesday or Wednesday.
A total of at least 35 people were killed on Sunday in the violence in Iraq.
August 15, a series of suicide bombings, attacks, bombings and shootings, in 18 cities in Iraq had been 74 deaths and over 300 wounded, making it the deadliest day in the country since May 2010.
"A suicide bomber broke into the Umm al-Qura mosque in the district of al-Ghazaliyah and blew himself up, killing 28 people and wounding 37 others," including children, said the official, who requested anonymity.
Khaled al-Fahdawi, a member of the Sunni province of Al Anbar, is among the dead, the official said.
According to an official of the Ministry of Defence, the results of this attack occurred at 9:45 p.m. (6:45 p.m. GMT) is 29 dead and 35 wounded.
A spokesman for security forces in Baghdad, Qassim Atta said he was "one hundred percent sure that al Qaeda is behind this attack."
Ahmed Abdel Ghafour al-Samarrai, head of the Umm al-Qura mosque, told the television channel Al-Charqiyah he was "sure that al Qaeda was behind the attack."
"We will continue our fight against these criminals and miscreants. They have tried before to lead the country into a sectarian war," said the cleric, co-founder of a Sunni militia opposed to al-Qaeda and known for his sermons virulent against extremists.
The Umm al-Qura mosque is managed by the Waqf (religious endowments authority) Sunni.
The attack came shortly before the end of the holy month of Ramadan. The feast of Fitr will be celebrated on Tuesday or Wednesday.
A total of at least 35 people were killed on Sunday in the violence in Iraq.
August 15, a series of suicide bombings, attacks, bombings and shootings, in 18 cities in Iraq had been 74 deaths and over 300 wounded, making it the deadliest day in the country since May 2010.
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