Baghdad, June 16 (Xinhua) Six people were killed and 15 others wounded when a suicide bomber blew himself up inside a Shia mosque in central Baghdad Friday before the weekly prayer, an interior ministry official said.
"Our first report said that six worshippers were killed and 15 others wounded when a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt blew himself up at the Buratha Mosque shortly before the Friday prayer," the official said on condition of anonymity.
The Buratha mosque is the second most important Shia mosque in Atifiyah neighbourhood in central Baghdad.
It is a historic mosque and the headquarters of lawmaker Jalel al-Deen al-Sagheer.
In April, the mosque was hit by multiple suicide bombings, which killed about 75 Iraqis and wounded 135 others.