Three people were killed and another seven were injured when a bomb exploded outside a mosque 55 kilometers from the Iraqi capital city Baghdad.

Three people were killed and another seven were injured when a bomb exploded outside a mosque 55 kilometers from the Iraqi capital city Baghdad.

The bomb went off as worshippers left the mosque after Friday prayers.

In the past month, mosques have been a target of several recent attacks amid rising tensions in Iraq.

On May 3, seven worshippers were killed in a bomb attack outside al-Ghofran mosque in the area of Rashidiya.