At least 12 people killed in bomb attack, including women and children, in Iraqi holy city of Karbala - officials
Shiite Muslim pilgrims attend a ceremony commemorating the burial of Imam Hussein, in the holy city of Karbala, 100kms south of Baghdad. September 13, 2019.
Twelve civilians were killed on Friday in a bomb blast on a bus at the northern edge of the Iraqi holy city of Karbala, medical officials said. "Twelve civilians have been killed and five wounded in an explosion on a bus at the main checkpoint for the northern entrance to Karbala," the city's health authorities said, adding the victims included women and children.Attacks have been rare in Karbala in recent years, but sleeper cells of Daesh, which Iraq declared victory against in late 2017, continue to carry out attacks across the country.
On September 10, more than 30 pilgrims were killed and dozens injured in a stampede at a major shrine in Karbala as hundreds of thousands flocked to the city to mark the holy day of Ashoura. Iraq is expecting millions more, mostly Shia, pilgrims to arrive at the end of October for the annual Arbaeen commemoration, which marks the end of the 40-day mourning period for the seventh-century killing of Imam Hussein by the forces of the Caliph Yazid.
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