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On Friday, one blast exploded outside the mosque in Baquba, about 50 km (30 miles) northeast of the capital of Baghdad, and a second explosion tore into crowds of people rushing to help victims of the first attack, police said.
Local television showed images of bodies on the ground outside the mosque, pools of blood and scattered shoes of the victims. Police vehicles rushed wounded away from the scene.
"I was about 30 meters (yards) from the first explosion. When the first exploded, I ran to help them, and the second one went off. I saw bodies flying and I had shrapnel in my neck," said Hashim Munjiz, a college student, at the site.
No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
On Thursday, a suicide bomber set off his explosives in a Shia Muslim mosque in the ethnically mixed city of Kirkuk, killing at least eight among mourners gathered to pay respects to people killed in a bombing a day earlier.
The same day, three car bombs exploded in busy markets in eastern and northeastern Shia districts of Baghdad, killing at least 14 people.
After U.S. troops left in 2011, insurgents were carrying out at least one big attack a month, but since the start of 2013, al-Qaeda and other armed groups have increased attacks including a string of high-profile suicide blasts.
According to the United Nations, April was Iraq's bloodiest month for almost five years, with 712 people killed.
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