The Associated Press website reports that at least seven people were injured when a bomb outside the entrance of a Baghdad church exploded on Easter Sunday.
The blast took place just yards from the Sacred Heart Church in Baghdad's Karradah neighborhood. Shrapnel from the bomb struck the outside of the building and at least four of the church's windows were shattered.
The church -- like many Baghdad houses of worship -- is surrounded by blast walls to protect it from such attacks.
An official -- who declined to be identified because he was not authorized to brief the media -- said no parishioners were inside and services had not been held in the building.
Four policemen and three civilian bystanders were wounded by the blast, said the official.
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