This article is from the source 'bbc' and was first published or seen on . It will not be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/8500131.stm
The article has changed 10 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Bombings hit Iraq Shia pilgrims | Bombings hit Iraq Shia pilgrims |
| (10 minutes later) | |
| Two suicide bombers have killed at least 10 people and injured 25 in the outskirts of Karbala in Iraq, reports from Iraqi police say. | Two suicide bombers have killed at least 10 people and injured 25 in the outskirts of Karbala in Iraq, reports from Iraqi police say. |
| One report, quoting the city's governor, says that 27 people died. | One report, quoting the city's governor, says that 27 people died. |
| Approximately a million Shia Muslim pilgrims are in the city to visit the Imam Hussein shrine at the end of a Arbaeen commemorations. | Approximately a million Shia Muslim pilgrims are in the city to visit the Imam Hussein shrine at the end of a Arbaeen commemorations. |
| The bombings raise fears of heightened sectarian violence before Iraq's March parliamentary elections. | The bombings raise fears of heightened sectarian violence before Iraq's March parliamentary elections. |
| Friday is the last and most important day of the Arbaeen, 40 days of mourning for the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. | Friday is the last and most important day of the Arbaeen, 40 days of mourning for the death of the Prophet Muhammad's grandson. |
| This year's pilgrimage to Karbala had already been hit twice by bombers. | |
| A bomb planted on a cart pulled by a motorbike killed at least 20 pilgrims on Wednesday as they streamed into Karbala. | |
| And more than 40 pilgrims were killed on the outskirts of the capital Baghdad on Monday as they began the long walk to Karbala. |