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| Iraq violence: Dozens dead in Baghdad suicide attack on Shia | |
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| At least 30 people have died in a suicide attack targeting Shia in Iraq's capital Baghdad, officials say. | |
| More than 60 were injured in the attack, on a tent in a crowded market in a northern district of the city. | |
| Many Shia pilgrims are taking part in mourning rituals commemorating the killing of the Prophet Mohammed's grandson, Hussein, in the 17th Century. | |
| No-one claimed the attack, though so-called Islamic State (IS) have carried out similar attacks in the past. | |
| Reports say a militant detonated a suicide vest in the tent at lunchtime, when it was full of pilgrims. | |
| BBC Middle East editor Sebastian Usher says Sunni militants have long used such pilgrimages as targets for attacks causing large scale casualties. | |
| This year, IS revived its bombing campaign in Baghdad killing hundreds of people, in what is seen as a response to the group's loss of much of its territory in Iraq. | |
| The latest attack comes as Iraqi forces prepare for an offensive in northern Iraq on Mosul, the last IS-held major city in the country. |