Church bomb attacks kill at least 12

A SERIES of co-ordinated bombings targeted churches in Baghdad and the northern city of Mosul during evening services yesterday, killed more than a dozen people.

Many more were wounded in the first attacks on Christian places of worship in Iraq's 15-month insurgency.

The church attacks came amid a flurry of other bombings in and around the two cities that killed at least 12 Iraqis and a US soldier.