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Roadside bomb kills four at Shiite festival in Iraq
This comes a day after a suicide bombing, also aimed at pilgrims, left 40 dead.
- Agencies
- Published: 11:23 February 25, 2008
Baghdad: A roadside bomb blast targeting Iraqis on a pilgrimage to a Shiite festival killed four people and wounded 15 on Monday, police said.
Police said the roadside bomb exploded on the outskirts of Baghdad as the pilgrims walked to the annual Arbain festival, one of Shiite Islam's holiest events, in the southern city of Kabala.
In eastern
Meanwhile, the death toll rose from 40 to 56 from a suicide bombing on Sunday - one of the deadliest attacks this year.
Extremists had attacked another group of pilgrims with guns and grenades hours earlier in the predominantly Sunni
US and Iraqi forces have increased the number of checkpoints and imposed car bans and other measures in major Shiite cities to protect the worshippers traveling to Karbala.
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