Topic: Imam Hussein

13 killed in procession bomb blast

A bomb blast has ripped through a religious procession in eastern Pakistan, killing 13 people and wounding at least 20, police said.. . Hundreds of...
Millions flooded Iraq's shrine city Karbala on Tuesday for Ashura rituals on Shiite Islam's most important day, amid tight security after bomb attacks against pilgrims left 28 people dead.Groups of pilgrims walked the streets beating their chests or flaying ...

Iraq bomb attacks on pilgrims kill 28

A wave of bomb attacks targeting Shiite pilgrims in Iraq killed 28 people and wounded 78 Monday, a day before the peak of the Ashura religious commemorations, security officials and medics said.It was the bloodiest day in Iraq since October 27 ...

Bombs hit Shi'ite pilgrims In Iraq, kill 32

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A series of bombs tore through crowds of Shi'ite pilgrims celebrating a major ritual across Iraq on Monday, killing at least 32 people, mostly women and children, and wounding scores more, local police and witnesses said.The attacks, at ...

Bombs targeting pilgrims kill 22 in Iraq's Hilla

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Three bombs tore through crowds of Shi'ite pilgrims celebrating a major ritual in Iraq's Hilla city on Monday, killing least 22 - mostly women and children - and wounding 60 more, local police and witnesses said.The attacks, at the ...

Bomb targeting pilgrims kills 16 in Iraq's Hilla

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 16 people were killed and 31 wounded by a car bomb targeting Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq's Hilla city during a major religious ritual, local police sources said on Monday.The bombing came at the height of ...

Iraq forces on alert after Baghdad blasts kill 53

Iraqi security forces were on alert Friday after a massive car bomb ripped through a funeral ceremony in a Shiite district of Baghdad, killing 48 people in Iraq's bloodiest day in more than two months.The blast on Thursday was the ...
A massive car bomb ripped through a funeral ceremony in a Shiite district of Baghdad on Thursday, killing 48 people in Iraq's bloodiest day in more than two months.The blast was the deadliest in a series of bombings Thursday that ...

Thousands defy violence, mark Muslim rite in Iraq

KERBALA, Iraq (Reuters) - Hundreds of thousands of pilgrims marched and beat their heads and chests in ritualistic mourning in a major rite in Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala on Tuesday, after attacks that killed dozens in recent days.The ...

Bombs kill up to 45 Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Two separate car bombs killed up to 45 pilgrims on Thursday near Iraq's holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala ahead of the culmination of a major Shi'ite Muslim religious rite, a provincial official said.About 150 people were ...