A bomb explosion has killed two people and destroyed an Iraqi cinema showing foreign sex films.
The blast at the Nojoom Cinema in Mosul happened after the device was dropped into the building from a vent in the roof.
A shopkeeper across the street, Saad Obeid, said he heard the blast and saw terrified patrons running away, screaming that a bomb had exploded.
It is unclear what film was showing at the time of the blast, but Italian and German sex films are being shown at the venue.
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Restrictions on the import of foreign films ended with the collapse of the regime of Saddam Hussein.
Various religious and political groups have been distributing handbills warning cinema owners against showing pornographic films.