24/01/2011 12:32
New attack on Shiite pilgrims kills 6 in Iraq
A car bomb killed six pilgrims Monday in the latest deadly attack on Shiites headed to mark religious rituals in a holy Iraqi city, police and hospital officials said, as reported by the Associated Press.
Authorities said 13 people were wounded in the morning blast in a parking lot where the car exploded near busloads of pilgrims on the outskirts of Karbala, a city 55 miles (90 kilometers) south of Baghdad.
A second bomb was discovered nearby and dismantled before it could explode, police said.
The police and hospital officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.