Attacks on Shiite pilgrims, others kill 29 in Iraq

Suicide bombings targeting Shiite pilgrims around Iraq's capital on their way to a holy city and other violence across the country killed 29 people Thursday, officials said.

One suicide bomber set off his explosive belt near a group of pilgrims in Baghdad's southern district of Dora, killing 14 people and wounding 28, police said. Another blew himself up among pilgrims in Youssifiyah, 20 kilometers south of Baghdad, killing eight and wounding 28 shortly after sunset, officials said. (AP)