Monday, September 23, 2024

Baghdad

UPDATE / Casualties of Iranian pilgrims in Baghdad up to 52

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Two blasts that targeted Iranian pilgrims in Baghdad left seven killed and 45 others wounded on Saturday, a security source said. “Two Iranians were killed and 28 others wounded when a car bomb went off near a bus boarding them on al-Sadrain intersection in the area of al-Shoa’la, western Baghdad,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Another car bomb targeted a house inhabited by Iranian pilgrims on Shaheed al-Mihrab street, al-Kadhemiya, northern Baghdad, leaving five killed and 17 others,” he added. Earlier, a security source said a number of Iranian pilgrims were killed or wounded in blasts in Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 7