At least 14 wounded in #Iraq shrine shelling
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At least 14 people were wounded by mortar fire near an important Shia shrine in the Iraqi city of Samarra, officials and security sources said on Tuesday. A 2006 bombing at the same site, the #Imam_al-Askari_shrine, exacerbated already severe sectarian tensions between Sunni and Shia Muslims, fueling a conflict that killed tens of thousands of people over the next two years. read more