Iraq truck bomb kills 57 - mostly Iranian Shi`ite pilgrims, authorities say

  25 November 2016    Read: 901
Iraq truck bomb kills 57 - mostly Iranian Shi`ite pilgrims, authorities say
At least 57 people -- mostly Iranian Shi`ite pilgrims -- were killed when a truck bomb exploded at a gas station in Iraq, authorities said, CNN reports.
The blast happened Thursday on a highway between Babel and Al-Qadisiyyah, said Falah al Radhi, the head of the Babel security council. He said at least 50 people were also wounded.

raq`s Joint Operation Command issued a statement saying 57 people died.

The parked truck exploded near several buses carrying Shi`ite pilgrims, mostly Iranians, Radhi said. The Iranian pilgrims were in Iraq to mark the commemoration of Imam Hussein`s death.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.

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