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Three unknown gunmen blow up three mosques in Babel

BAGHDAD, Jan 4 (KUNA) -- Iraqi Ministry of Interior announced on Monday that unknown gunmen blew up three mosques in Babel governorate in southern Iraq, in a step to ignite sectarian strife.
Targeting mosques in Babel is only an attempt to provoke sectarian hatred regarding the tense situation the region is suffering, a statement by the Ministry said.
The Ministry added that any attempt aimed to undermine the country's unity will be suppressed.
The targeted mosques were Ammar bin Yasser, Al-Fatih and Alexandria in Babel with no human casualties(end) aha.lb