Churches Bombed in Iraq

According to Reuters, the first blast occurred outside an Armenian church in the Karrada district of Baghdad.

The second blast happened about 15 minutes later outside an Assyrian church in the same area.

“We were in the Mass and suddenly we heard a big boom, and I couldn’t feel my body anymore, I didn’t feel anything,” said Marwan Saqiq, who was covered in blood. “I saw people taking me out with the wood and glass shattered everywhere.”

In Mosul, two car bombs exploded outside Mar Polous (St. Paul) Chaldean Catholic Church building as worshippers were leaving about 7 p.m. Baghdad time.

Zinda Magazine reporters are visiting hospitals in Baghdad and Mosul to obtain a more accurate number of the dead and injured at this time.