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BAGHDAD, Aug 26 (KUNA) -- Four people were killed and 50 others were
wounded in two car bomb blasts that targeted a Shiite mosque in Basra, south
of Iraq, security sources reported on Friday.
The sources said the second blast took place after the mosque goers were
leaving the place.
The explosion resulted in the burning of four nearby houses and 15 cars,
the sources added.
Basra city and its surrounding neighborhoods witnessed a spread of Iraqi
military and police forces; businesses' owners closed their stores as a
precautionary measure. (end)
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