Suicide bomber kills at least 12 Shi’ite worshippers at mosque

A SUICIDE car bomber struck as worshippers were leaving a Shi’ite mosque in a northern Iraqi town yesterday, killing at least 12 people.

Militants killed 12 other people across the country as the Sunni-dominated insurgency pressed its “all-out war” to destabilise the country.

The 24 deaths came during a third day of mayhem in which nearly 200 people were killed in bombings, mostly in Baghdad. More than 600 have been wounded in the stunning rampage by insurgents, including al-Qaida in Iraq.