4 killed, 32 wounded as 6 Baghdad churches bombed

From Jomana Karadsheh
CNN

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) - At least four people were killed and 32 wounded as six Baghdad-area churches were bombed within 24 hours, officials told CNN.

The first bombing took place Saturday night at St. Joseph's church in
western Baghdad, according to an Interior Ministry official. Two bombs placed inside the church exploded at about 10 p.m. local time (3 p.m. ET). No one was in the church at the time of the attack.

Earlier Sunday, three bombs exploded outside churches, wounding eight civilians, the official said. The bombs detonated within a 15-minute span, between 4:30 and 4:45 p.m. local time (9:30 and 9:45 a.m. ET). Two of the churches are in central Baghdad's al-Karrada district, and the third is in al-Ghadeer in eastern Baghdad.