Baghdad, Iraq - A bomb struck a Sunni mosque in Baghdad after Friday prayers, killing seven people and wounding five, while mortars barraged a Shiite mosque north of the capital, leaving five wounded.
The attack on the Sunni mosque occurred as worshippers were leaving religious services in northern Baghdad, police Lt. Mohammed Khayoun said, giving the casualty toll. He said the bomb was planted near the door.
Earlier Friday, five mortar rounds fell near the Shiite Imam al-Hussein mosque in Balad Ruz, 45 miles northeast of Baghdad, wounding five, provincial police said.
Elsewhere in the capital, gunmen killed a taxi driver in a drive-by shooting in the volatile Dora neighborhood of southern Baghdad, police said.
Gunmen also opened fire on a bus in western Baghdad, wounding three passengers, police Lt. Mutaz Salaheddin said.
A policeman was shot to death in front of his home in the northern city of Mosul, Col. Abdul-Karim al-Jibouri said.
The violence in the capital came despite a weekly four-hour driving ban starting at 11 a.m. to prevent car bombs that have frequently targeted Friday prayers, the main Islamic weekly religious services.