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Bombings hit Iraq Shia pilgrims Bombings hit Iraq Shia pilgrims
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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 27 people and injured dozens in the outskirts of Karbala in Iraq, reports from Iraqi police say.
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.
Approximately a million Shia Muslim pilgrims are in the city to visit the Imam Hussein shrine at the end of Arbaeen commemorations. The attacks come despite heightened security and follow similar bombings earlier this week.
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 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. In Karachi in Pakistan, a bombing has killed at least 11 people, hospital officials say.
The attack, possibly involving a bomb on a motorcycle, targeted a bus carrying Shia Muslims to a religious procession also marking Arbaeen.
Election fears
This year's pilgrimage to Karbala had already been hit twice by bombers.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.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.And more than 40 pilgrims were killed on the outskirts of the capital Baghdad on Monday as they began the long walk to Karbala.
The bombings also raise fears of heightened sectarian violence before Iraq's March parliamentary elections.