3 pilgrims wounded in Baghdad blast

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Three Shiite pilgrims have been injured in an explosive charge blast in southeastern Baghdad, a local police source said on Sunday. “A roadside explosive device detonated in al-Mashtal neighborhood, southeastern Baghdad, while Shiite pilgrims were heading to Karbala on foot,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Three persons were wounded in the blast and taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, the source noted. The Arbaeen is a religious occasion marking the 40 th day after the death of Imam al-Hussein, the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson and the third holiest figure for Shiite Muslims, in the battle of Taf in Karbala in the Hegira year 61 (680 in the Gregorian calendar). SS (P) 2