In Iraq, a suicide blast that targeted a mosque in the district of Baladruz left eight people killed and 18 others wounded on Thursday evening.Voice of Iraq news agency quoting chairman of Diala provincial council’s security committee, Muthanna al-Temimi, said that incident occurred when a suicide bomber with an explosive belt blew himself up inside a mosque in Baladruz, southwest of Baaquba city, killing eight persons and injuring 18 others.In a separate incident, 4 people were killed and 12 others injured in the car bomb explosion in al-Huweija district in southwest of Kirkuk on Thursday. The killed include chief of al-Shariaa police and three of his bodyguards.