In Iraq, the death toll on Sunday night’s bomb blast has increased to 29 while 38 other injured are still in the hospitals. The dead include a member of the Iraqi parliament Khaled al-Fahdawi who was also killed in the blast.According to Iraqi National News agency, the incident occurred when a suicide bomber posed as beggar, struck inside Baghdad’s largest Sunni mosque. Officials say that a high-profile religious leader who was at the mosque was the intended target, but he was not injured.
News On AIR | August 29, 2011 6:41 PM
Death toll increases to 29 in Iraq blast