Wave of Deadly Bombs Attack Iraq: At Least 44 Killed
Iraq again into blood bath. At least 44 people were martyred Wednesday in a wave of attacks that targeted pilgrims of the Holy Shrines.
As the Pilgrims gathered to mark the anniversary of the Imam Moussa al-Kazim's martyrdom, bombs targeted them across the country.
In Wednesday's attack on the capital, at least 18 people were killed when four bombs struck pilgrims across Baghdad.
In the southern city of Hilla, two car bombs, including one detonated by a suicide bomber, exploded outside restaurants used by police, killing 22 people and wounding 38. Two more car bombs killed four people in the city of Balad.
In the city of Baquba, capital of Diyala province, nine roadside bombs, a car bomb and a shooting killed five people and wounded 15 others, according to a police colonel and a medic.
Wednesday's attacks came at a sensitive time. On Sunday, at least six people were killed when two mortar bombs struck a Baghdad square packed with pilgrims.
Earlier this month, 26 people were killed and more than 190 wounded when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive-rigged car outside a Shiite religious office in the capital.
Al-Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate claimed responsibility for the attack on the religious office.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org
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