Visitor killed, 6 injured in Mahmoudiya

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: A visitor of Imam Hussein Bin-Ali’s 40th Martyrdom Day Anniversary has been killed and 6 others injured in an explosive charge blast in Mahmoudiya township, south of Baghdad, on Monday morning, a security source reported. “An explosive charge blew up early on Monday on the main highway that passes through Mahmoudiya township south of Baghdad, aimed at visitors of Imam Hussein‘s 40th Martyrdom Day Anniversary,” the security source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “One of the visitors was killed and another 6 wounded, who were driven to a nearby hospital for treatment,” the source noted. Iraq’s Shiite Muslims are currently commemorating the 40th Anniversary of Imam Hussein‘s Martyrdom that took place in the city of Karbala on the night of Muslim Hijri Year 61, at the dawn of Islam. 491