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| Iraq |
| Six Iraqi civilians injured in explosive blast |
| 2011-01-26 |
| BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Six Iraqi civilians have been injured in an explosive charge blast targeting a bus, carrying them through east Baghdad's Al-Shaab District, during their return from a visit to Karbala. The civilians were returning from their celebration of the 40th Day of Imam Hussein's Martrydom at the dawn of Islam, a Baghdad security source said on Tuesday. "An explosive charge blew up on Tuesday afternoon in Baghdad's al-Shaab District, wounding six persons, when they came back from their visit to Karbala," the security source added. The Shiite holy city of Karbala has witnessed on Tuesday hundreds of thousands of Iraqi and foreign visitors, who commomorated the 40th Day of Imam Hussein Bin-Ali, Prophet Mohammed's Grandson. |
| Posted by:Steve White |