Iraqi officials sais a bomb has struck a Sunni mosque during prayers north of Baghdad, killing 28 people in the latest eruption of violence to rock the country, the Associated Press reports.

Police officials said the bombing on Friday, Sept 13, hit the village of Umm al-Adham on the outskirts of Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad.

The officials say at least 41 people are wounded.

Health officials confirmed the death toll.

On Wednesday, a car bomb that exploded near a Shi'ite mosque in the Iraqi capital on killed at least 15 people.

A further 27 were wounded in the blast, which took place in the northwestern Kasra district of Baghdad. A wave of bombings in Iraq killed at least 14 civilians and wounded dozens on Tuesday, as insurgents try to exploit the country's political instability and undermine government efforts to maintain security.

Iraq is weathering it deadliest bout of violence in half a decade, raising fears the country is returning to the widespread killing that pushed it to the brink of civil war following the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.