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Baghdad suicide attack and bombs kill 33 Shiite pilgrims
Baghdad: A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-filled
belt murdered 28 Shiite pilgrims today while five more were killed
in bomb attacks against worshippers in Baghdad, a security official told AFP.
The suicide attack occurred in Adhamiyah, a Sunni district across
the Tigris river from Kadhimiyah, an area named after Musa Kadhim,
the seventh of 12 revered imams in Shiite Islam, whom the pilgrims
are honouring.
An interior ministry official said 28 were killed and 63 wounded.
Many of the victims were passing through Adhamiyah en route to the
imam's mausoleum.
Five more pilgrims were killed and 36 injured by bombs in east
Baghdad, police said.
Tens of thousands of Shiite worshippers streamed into the Iraqi
capital earlier in the day amid heavy security for the pilgrimage,
a day after six people were killed in violence.
Around 25 people were also wounded in yesterday's mortar and
bomb attacks as they travelled to the mausoleum.
Hundreds of tents have been erected to feed people as they pour
into the city for the event, which reaches a climax on Wednesday
night and early Thursday. The mausoleum has previously been targeted
by bombers.
Traffic was banned yesterday on several bridges spanning the
Tigris River, increasing already bad congestion in the capital, where
traffic control is already complicated by hundreds of security checkpoints.
(AFP)
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Baghdad: A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-filled
belt murdered 28 Shiite pilgrims today while five more were killed
in bomb attacks against worshippers in Baghdad, a security official told AFP.
The suicide attack occurred in Adhamiyah, a Sunni district across
the Tigris river from Kadhimiyah, an area named after Musa Kadhim,
the seventh of 12 revered imams in Shiite Islam, whom the pilgrims
are honouring.
An interior ministry official said 28 were killed and 63 wounded.
Many of the victims were passing through Adhamiyah en route to the
imam's mausoleum.
Five more pilgrims were killed and 36 injured by bombs in east
Baghdad, police said.
Tens of thousands of Shiite worshippers streamed into the Iraqi
capital earlier in the day amid heavy security for the pilgrimage,
a day after six people were killed in violence.
Around 25 people were also wounded in yesterday's mortar and
bomb attacks as they travelled to the mausoleum.
Hundreds of tents have been erected to feed people as they pour
into the city for the event, which reaches a climax on Wednesday
night and early Thursday. The mausoleum has previously been targeted
by bombers.
Traffic was banned yesterday on several bridges spanning the
Tigris River, increasing already bad congestion in the capital, where
traffic control is already complicated by hundreds of security checkpoints.
(AFP)
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