A hidden bomb killed 30 Sunni worshipers, and wounded 52 others at a mosque near Baquba, Iraq, on Friday at 1 p.m., police and health officials said. The Abu al-Qassim Mohammed, a Sunni Mosque in Umm al-Adham district, is about 3 miles (5 kilometers) west of Baquba which is about 37 miles (60 kilometers) northeast of Baghdad. The bomb was hidden inside the mosque AC ducts and stuffed with metal ball bearings, police officials told CNN. Today's attack that targeted is the latest in a series of attacks targeting Sunni and Shiite mosques over the past few months.Bomb was hidden in AC ducts of Sunni mosqueSeparate attack kills 4 at different Sunni mosqueOn Wednesday a suicide bomber killed 30 at Shiite mosque in Baghdad
Iraq has seen a sharp increase in friction between its Shiite and Sunni populations since April, when Iraqi security forces raided a site used by _ protesters to demonstrate against the Shiite-led government.