BAGHDAD, May 27 (UPI) -- A suicide bomber killed at least 17 people on Tuesday at a Shia mosque in Baghdad.
The bombing at the mosque in Baghdad's Shorja district occurred shortly before midday prayers.
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Salih al-Haidari, the head of Iraq's Shiite Muslim religious endowments, prays with unidentified Sunni and Shiite Muslims inside the Sunni Muslim Abu Hanifa mosque in the Adhamiyah district following the reopening of the Al-Aima bridge which spans the Tigris River linking the centuries-old neighborhoods of Kadhimiyah and Adhamiyah, the former named for a revered Shiite shrine and the latter built around the tomb of a famed Sunni lawmaker, on November 11, 2008, in Baghdad. (UPI Photo/Ali Jasim) | License Photo
No one has yet claimed responsibility for the attack.
The attack comes amid political uncertainty as Iraqi leaders continue to negotiate the formation of a coalition government.
