Iraq suicide bomb toll up to 22 dead -army source
BAGHDAD, Jan 4 (Reuters) - The death toll in a suicide attack at a revered Shi'ite shrine in northwestern Baghdad on Sunday rose to 22 dead and 40 wounded, a source in the Iraqi army said.
The blast occurred at a checkpoint outside the Imam Moussa shrine in Kadhimiya, a mainly Shi'ite area of Baghdad, as Iraqi Shi'ites prepared for the Ashura holiday later this week which marks the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad.
The blast occurred at a checkpoint outside the Imam Moussa shrine in Kadhimiya, a mainly Shi'ite area of Baghdad, as Iraqi Shi'ites prepared for the Ashura holiday later this week which marks the death of Hussein, the grandson of the Prophet Mohammad.
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