A BOMB exploded at the entrance of a Shi'ite Muslim mosque south of Baghdad as hundreds gathered for prayers on the first day of Ramadan and for the funeral of a man killed in an earlier bombing.

A bomb exploded at the entrance of a Shiite mosque south of Baghdad as worshippers gathered for prayers ahead of the end of the day’s Ramadan fast today, killing at least 10 people and wounding 40, police and hospital officials said.