At least 14 killed, 25 injured as car bomb targets Shiite pilgrims near Baghdad
A car bomb has killed at least 14 people near the Iraqi capital security officials have said, according to AFP. The bomb targeted Shiite pilgrims who were heading towards a shrine in the north of Baghdad.
The car bomb was detonated on the side of the road in the Nahrawan area. The pilgrims were making for the Imam Musa Kadhim shrine. At least 25 people have been injured, medical officials said.
Kadhim was the seventh of 12 imams revered in Shiite Islam who died in 799 AD. The event is widely commemorated and Baghdad is often brought to a standstill for days.
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INC News, 30/04/2016 - source: ©RTnews
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