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Bomb kills 14 Shi'ite pilgrims in Baghdad's Sadr City

BAGHDAD - A bomb killed 14 Shi'ite pilgrims in the Sadr City area of Baghdad on Sunday, after two other deadly explosions killed 20 people in the capital just ahead of Ashura, a religious festival targeted by suicide bombers in the past.

 

The bomb in Sadr City exploded near a tent used by pilgrims preparing for Ashura, when millions of Shi'ites will commemorate the slaying of Prophet Mohammad's grandson Hussein at the Battle of Kerbala in 680 AD.

 


פרסום ראשון: 11.02.14, 22:20