At least thirty pilgrims killed, 25 injured in Iraq suicide attack- police
Güncelleme Tarihi:
A black-clad woman suicide bomber blew herself up in a crowd of Shiite pilgrims south of the Iraqi capital on Friday, killing at least 30 people, police said.
The attack took place in Iskandiriyah, a town 40 kilometers (25 miles) south of
"Thirty pilgrims were killed by a suicide bomber," Alaa al-Husseini, a police lieutenant from the nearby city of
Another police source said around 50 people were wounded.
Captain Mohammed al-Awadi of the police force in Babil, of which Hilla is the capital, said most of those killed were women and children.
He said the suicide bomber had hidden her explosives under an abaya, the traditional head-to-toe black garment, and blew herself up among a crowd of women and children just after midday (0900 GMT).
Hundreds of thousands of Shiites are travelling to the holy city of
Friday's attack came the day after eight pilgrims were killed and more than 50 wounded in a bomb attack near
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