12 Killed and 62 Wounded in Blast at Sunni Mosque

Twelve people were killed and sixty-two wounded when an explosion tore through a Sunni mosque.

Twenty-five of the wounded are in critical condition.

Friday's attack occurred during midday prayers at the Abu Bakr al-Sideeq mosque, in Wajihiyah, Iraq.

Officials have not released what kind of bombing the attack was. 

Nor has anyone claimed responsibility for the bombing.

The Diyala province, has long been one of the most restive areas of Iraq.

Tensions have grown increasingly strained as the Syrian civil war pushes on divisions between Shiites and Sunnis.