20 Shi'ite pilgrims killed in blast

File image - Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometres north of Baghdad, Iraq.

File image - Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometres north of Baghdad, Iraq.

Published Jan 3, 2013

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Hilla, Iraq - A suicide car bomber killed at least 20 Shi'ite Muslim pilgrims in the Iraqi town of Mussayab on Thursday, during the peak of a Shi'ite religious rite, police said.

Mussayab is located some 60 km (40 miles) south of the capital Baghdad. - Reuters

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