Baghdad (ANTARA News/Reuters) - A roadside bomb exploded near an entrance to a Catholic church in Baghdad on Easter Sunday, wounding two police officers and two civilians, an Interior Ministry source said.

The blast struck a police vehicle providing security at the Sacred Heart church in Baghdad`s central Karrada district, the source said.

Last October, 52 people died in an assault on a Syrian Catholic cathedral in central Baghdad. The attack was the bloodiest against Iraq`s Christian minority since the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.

Iraq`s Christians once numbered about 1.5 million but are now believed to have fallen to less than 850,000 out of a population of 30 million.

Hundreds of Christian families have fled to Iraq`s northern Kurdish region or to nearby countries since the October assault on the cathedral, the United Nations has reported.

Easter Sunday marks the resurrection of Christ after his crucifixion. (*)

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