Car bomb attack martyrs 17 pilgrims in Iraqi capital

Security and medical authorities in Iraq say at least 17 people have lost their lives and 35 others sustained injuries in a car bomb attack that targeted a group of Shia Muslim pilgrims in a residential neighborhood in the capital, Baghdad.

According to Press TV, security sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the attack took place in Baghdad’s southeastern commercial neighborhood of Nahrawan on Saturday morning as the pilgrims were heading to Baghdad’s northern neighborhood of Kadhimiya to commemorate the martyrdom anniversary of the seventh Infallible successor of Prophet Mohammad (SAWA), Imam Musa al-Kazim (AS).

The sources added that the martyrdom toll is expected to rise as some of the wounded are in critical condition.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack.

On Friday, a civilian lost his life and six others suffered injuries when a bomb attack struck a commercial district in the al-Obeidi neighborhood of eastern Baghdad.

Elsewhere in the Adl neighborhood of western Baghdad, a civilian was killed when an explosive device, which had been attached beneath his car, went off.

Unidentified armed men also shot and killed a police officer in the town of Tarmiyah, situated about 50 kilometers (30 miles) north of Baghdad, in the early hours of Friday.

The United Nations Assistance Mission for Iraq says a total of 1,119 Iraqis were killed and another 1,561 wounded in acts of terrorism, violence and armed conflict in March.

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