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Friday, 7 April 2006, 21:32 GMT 22:32 UK

In pictures: Baghdad mosque blasts

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Dozens of people have been killed and at least 160 injured in an apparent triple suicide bomb attack on a Shia mosque in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Rescue workers transport an injured man into hospital

Rescue workers transport an injured man into hospital

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The blasts happened at the Buratha mosque, as crowds of worshippers left after Friday prayers.

Injured Iraqis are taken to hospital

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Frantic rescuers loaded the injured the dead onto pickup trucks.

A man pushes a cart laden with dead bodies outside the mosque

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The attacked mosque holds hundreds of people and is one of the most important in the city.

Iraqi woman on phone outside the attacked mosque

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People waited anxiously for news of victims as the death toll rose.

A young boy injured in the attack

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The many injured were taken to a local hospital for treatment.

A man collects victims' belongings, near a picture of Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

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A man collects victims' belongings from the scene, next to a picture of Iraq's top Shia cleric Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani.

A fireman hoses down the mosque and its courtyard

A fireman hoses down the mosque and its courtyard

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As police inspected the damage, Iraqi firefighters hosed down the mosque and its courtyard.

Mourners carry victim's coffin

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Correspondents say the attack is likely to increase sectarian tensions further.

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