Summary At least 11 people were killed in a suicide bomb attack in eastern Baghdad on Monday.
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A suicide bomber attacked Shiite worshippers during prayers in eastern Baghdad on Monday, killing 11 people, security and medical officials said.
The attack, which targeted a Shiite place of worship, or husseiniyah, also wounded 32 people, the officials said.
It comes three days after suspected Shiite militiamen gunned down 70 Sunni worshippers at a mosque northeast of the capital.
It was not immediately clear if the two attacks were linked, as Sunni extremists often target members of Iraq s Shiite majority, whom they consider to be apostates.
Iraq is struggling to regain swathes of territory lost to a lightning jihadist-led militant offensive launched in June, which swept security forces aside and overrun much of the country s Sunni heartland.
