Suicide bomber kills 15 in attack on Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims
A suicide bomber disguised as a policeman killed at least 15 people in an attack that targeted Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims passing through a checkpoint in Iraq's southern city of Basra on Saturday, police said.
"A terrorist wearing a police uniform and carrying fake police I.D. managed to reach a police checkpoint and blew himself up among police and pilgrims," said a police official at the scene of the bombing. At least 15 were killed, including 11 policemen, and another 40 people were wounded when the bomber detonated his explosives among pilgrims trying to pass through the checkpoint on their way to a major Shi'ite mosque to the west of Basra. (Reuters)
