Iraq: Sucide attacks kill 33 Shiite pilgrims in Baghdad

AFP/FA reports: “A suicide bomber wearing an explosives-filled belt murdered 28 Shiite pilgrims on Wednesday while five more were killed in bomb attacks against worshippers in Baghdad, a security official told AFP. The suicide attack occurred in Adhamiyah, a Sunni district across the Tigris river from Kadhimiyah, an area named after Musa Kadhim, the seventh of 12 revered imams in Shiite Islam, whom the pilgrims are honouring.”

Iraq Shiite Shrine (Photo: Channel News Asia)

Iraq Shiite Shrine (Photo: Channel News Asia)