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At least 14 killed, 25 injured as car bomb targets Shiite pilgrims near Baghdad – officials At least 21 killed, 42 injured as car bomb targets Shiite pilgrims near Baghdad – officials
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A car bomb has killed at least 14 people near the Iraqi capital security officials have said, according to AFP. The bomb targeted Shiite pilgrims who were heading towards a shrine in the north of Baghdad. A car bomb has killed at least 21 people near the Iraqi capital security officials have said, according to AP. The bomb targeted Shiite pilgrims who were heading towards a shrine in the north of Baghdad.
The car bomb was detonated on the side of the road in the Nahrawan area. The pilgrims were making for the Imam Musa Kadhim shrine. At least 25 people have been injured, medical officials said. The car bomb was detonated on the side of the road in the Nahrawan area, according to local authorities. The pilgrims were making for the Imam Musa Kadhim shrine. At least 42 people have been injured, medical officials said.
Kadhim was the seventh of 12 imams revered in Shiite Islam who died in 799 AD. The event is widely commemorated and Baghdad is often brought to a standstill for days. Kadhim was the seventh of 12 imams revered in Shiite Islam who died in 799 AD. 
The car bomb also affected a near-by market that was selling livestock.  The event is widely commemorated and Baghdad is often brought to a standstill for days. 
However, other Iraqi security officials have said the intended target was a market that was selling livestock. It has been difficult to reconcile the two differing reports, AP states. 
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Iraq’s Shiite population is regularly target by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, but Iraq’s Shiite population is regularly target by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL).
In 2015, aound 32 people were killed in three attacks on Shiite Muslims in one day ahead of the religious holiday. In 2015, at least 32 people were killed in three attacks on Shiite Muslims in one day ahead of the religious holiday.
Baghdad has been hit by a wave of suicide attacks, with over 30 people dying in just over the space of a week. 
On April 22, nine people were killed following a suicide attack on a Shiite mosque in southwest Baghdad. IS claimed responsibility for the attack. The blast took place after Friday prayers, when the bomber detonated his explosive vest. 
A second suicide attacker was shot and killed by security forces before he could set off his explosives, police sources said.
A day later, IS said it was behind two separate car bomb attacks in Baghdad, which targeted security forces and left 12 people dead. On Monday, a suicide attacker detonated a bomb in a Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, which killed at least 11 people.