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Nearly 4 Dozen People Killed in Iraq Attacks Dozens of Iraqis Killed in Attacks
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BAGHDAD — Dozens of people were killed in a string of attacks across Iraq on Monday, including a group of Shiites who were pulled out of a bus and shot dead on the roadside while they were traveling to the capital to begin an annual religious pilgrimage, the police said. BAGHDAD — More than 70 people were killed in a string of attacks across Iraq on Monday, including 37 Shiites preparing for an annual pilgrimage, among them a group who were pulled out of a bus and shot dead on the roadside, the police said.
The violence followed 19 killings over the weekend, putting December on track to become one of the bloodiest months in the country in five years.The violence followed 19 killings over the weekend, putting December on track to become one of the bloodiest months in the country in five years.
On Monday, 12 Shiite pilgrims heading to Baghdad from the northern city of Mosul were taken out of their bus and killed, the police said. The pilgrims were on their way to the capital to begin a procession on foot to the city of Karbala for Arbaeen, an annual commemoration of the 40-day mourning period for Imam Hussein ibn Ali, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. On Monday, 12 Shiite pilgrims heading to Baghdad from the northern city of Mosul were taken out of their bus and killed, the police said. The pilgrims were on their way to the capital to begin a procession on foot to the city of Karbala for Arbaeen, an annual commemoration of the 40-day mourning period for Imam Hussein, a grandson of the Prophet Muhammad.
Most Shiites typically make pilgrimages to Karbala, where the imam is buried, and millions of people from throughout Iraq and other Muslim countries visit for the religious event, which has been the target of sectarian attacks in previous years. In southern Baghdad, two car bombs targeting the pilgrims killed 25 Shiites and wounded 50 others, the police said.
In the northern province of Salahuddin on Monday, five suicide bombers attacked a police station, killing eight officers and wounding 10. The attack began when two of the bombers detonated their explosives at the gates of the station. Three other attackers clashed with security forces inside and were killed, the police said. The second bomb went off after people had gathered to held the victims of the first explosion.
Most Shiites typically make pilgrimages to Karbala, where imam is buried, and millions of people from across Iraq and from other Muslim countries visit for the religious event, which has been the target of sectarian attacks in previous years.
In the northern province of Salahuddin on Monday, five suicide bombers attacked a police station, killing eight officers and wounding 10. The attack began with two of the bombers detonating their explosives at the gates of the station. Three other attackers clashed with security forces inside and were killed, the police said.
After the attack on the station, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the local city council in Tikrit, killing a civilian and allowing two other suicide bombers to storm into the building, where they took 42 people hostage. Counterterrorism forces killed the two suicide bombers, freeing the hostages, said an official with the force, Sabah Noori, in a telephone interview. A second civilian was killed during the clashes to free the hostages.After the attack on the station, a suicide bomber blew himself up at the entrance of the local city council in Tikrit, killing a civilian and allowing two other suicide bombers to storm into the building, where they took 42 people hostage. Counterterrorism forces killed the two suicide bombers, freeing the hostages, said an official with the force, Sabah Noori, in a telephone interview. A second civilian was killed during the clashes to free the hostages.
A series of other attacks in Iraq brought Monday’s death toll to 46. In central Baghdad near the Provincial Council building, a car bomb killed six people and wounded 15 others, according to the police. Another car bomb in a Shiite neighborhood in the southwest of the capital blew up in a parking garage, killing six civilians and wounding 14, the police said. A series of other attacks in Iraq brought Monday’s death toll to 71. In central Baghdad near the Provincial Council building, a car bomb killed six people and wounded 15 others, according to the police. Another car bomb in a Shiite neighborhood in the southwest of the capital blew up in a parking garage, killing six civilians and wounding 14, the police said.
Five people were killed and eight were wounded by a car bomb near the entrance to the Interior Ministry, and a roadside bomb near a public market killed four people and wounded 10, the authorities said.Five people were killed and eight were wounded by a car bomb near the entrance to the Interior Ministry, and a roadside bomb near a public market killed four people and wounded 10, the authorities said.
South of Baghdad, near Falluja, a suicide bomber in a car detonated his charge at a police checkpoint, killing one policeman and wounding six, according to the authorities. The carnage continued in the south, where an explosive device killed two civilians and wounded eight, the police said.South of Baghdad, near Falluja, a suicide bomber in a car detonated his charge at a police checkpoint, killing one policeman and wounding six, according to the authorities. The carnage continued in the south, where an explosive device killed two civilians and wounded eight, the police said.

Tasir Ghazi contributed reporting.

Tasir Ghazi contributed reporting.