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Blast kills Shia pilgrims in Iraq
Blast kills Shia pilgrims in Iraq
Officials
say women and children among those killed by car bomb which
targeted pilgrims near the city of Dujail.
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Modified: 10 Feb 2011 14:03 GMT
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At least eight people have been killed and
20 injured in a car bomb attack north of Baghdad, the Iraqi
capital.
Officials said women and children were among those killed when the car, which was parked on the side of the road, blew up on Thursday afternoon.
Raysan Abood, an eyewitness, said the car was disguised by flags commonly flown at such commemorations and was playing mourning music, allowing it to penetrate the crowd of pilgrims.
"I saw seven dead bodies. I know them by name. They were our friends and they were delivering food and tea to the pilgrims who came from other towns," Abood said.
The blast occurred near the town of Dujail, 50km from Baghdad, on the main road to Samarra, a source in the police operations centre in Tikrit said. Eight cars were said to have been set ablaze in the explosion.
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