2 pilgrims injured in 3rd Baghdad blast

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Two civilians on Sunday were wounded when an explosive device detonated in southern Baghdad, according to the Iraqi police. “A roadside explosive charge went off in al-Saydiya neighborhood, southern Baghdad, wounding two pilgrims who were heading to Karbala on foot,” a police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Security forces sealed off the scene of the blast and took the wounded to a nearby hospital for treatment, the source noted. Earlier today, six civilians were wounded in two explosive charge blasts in western and southeastern Baghdad. 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