Explosions target Shia Husseiniya in Baghdad

Two explosions rocked a district in the southwest of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday night, reports said. 

Two explosions rocked a district in the southwest of the Iraqi capital of Baghdad on Monday night, reports said. 

According to al-Sumaria TV, the two bomb attacks targeted the Husseiniya of Abul Fadhl Abbas, peace be upon him, in al-Maalif district.

Some reports said two suicide bombers had blown themselves up near the center.

According to Al-Arabiya news channel, at least five people were killed in the attacks.

No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attacks. 

Earlier on Monday, a car bomb was discovered in Al-Na’iriya in northern Baghdad. Police dismantled the bomb before it exploded.