BAGHDAD, July 13 -- Iraqi authorities on Monday tightened security around churches across Baghdad and in two Christian towns in the northern province of Nineveh, amid fears that a series of attacks against them may escalate.

The security measures were imposed a day after bombings in and around churches in Baghdad killed four people and wounded many others. One of the bombings went off as worshipers were leaving Mass in an eastern neighborhood of Baghdad.

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