Reports say at least two churches attacked in major Iraqi city

Published: 2008-01-09

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Two separate car bombs exploded outside two Christian churches in the northern city of Kirkuk in the latest of a serious of attacks against churches in Iraq. The British news agency Reuters reported that police said three people were wounded in the Jan. 9 attacks in central and northern Kirkuk. A source confirmed the violence in an e-mail to Catholic News Service. Church officials reported Jan. 6 that bombs had damaged at least four churches and other church buildings in Baghdad and Mosul. Several people were reported injured in those attacks. Violence against Christians since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq has forced many Christians to leave the country and seek refuge in neighboring countries.

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