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BAGHDAD, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- At least three gunmen opened fire on a Sunni mosque as Muslims were leaving morning prayers in Baghdad, reports said Friday.
Iraqi police and eyewitness said at least three people were wounded, one critically.
According to police, a car carrying the gunmen drove up to the Qiba'a Mosque about 5:45 a.m. local time, and the men leapt from the car and fired on the crowd of about 30 to 40 people with automatic weapons and handguns.
Eyewitnesses described the shooters as Iraqis. They got back into the car and sped away, CNN reported.
The mosque is located in Sha'ab, a mostly Shiite neighborhood in the Iraqi capital.
Iraqi police are protecting the mosque, which remains open for prayer services on the Muslim holy day.
The shooting comes a week to the day after the massive bombing of a Shiite mosque in Najaf that killed 83 people, including a top Shiite cleric.
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