44259984 In the holy city of Shiites in Iraq, a series of explosions
In the city of Karbala in Iraq, a series of explosions, according to Reuters. On the morning of September 25th first exploded car parked near the office of immigration. When the evacuation and the scene was attended by doctors and police occurred, according to the agency, two more explosions. Correspondent Agence France-Presse reported that at three subsequent explosions. According to Reuters, killing at least 12 people. AFP reports on nine of the victims. Injured According to various sources, from 30 to 100 people. The city of Karbala is located 100 kilometers southwest of Baghdad. Shiites consider it sacred, because it is believed that it was there in the year 680, was beheaded Imam Hussein, grandson of the Prophet Muhammad. In Karbala, is built in honor of Imam temple, where pilgrims come regularly. In this case Sunnis often attack their religious opponents. A few days ago a suicide bomber blew Shiite pilgrims on their way to Karbala. The blast killed four people, 17 pilgrims were injured. In mid-September in western Iraq killed 22 Shiite pilgrims coming from Karbala to Syria. Meanwhile, as reported by Agence France-Presse, almost simultaneously with the bombings in Karbala attack occurred in the Sunni city of Ramadi. There's one thing after another bomb exploded near the house of a local religious leader. The first explosion was killed woman and injured two girls. The result was a second explosion killed a man and injured four people, including three policemen. In addition, near Baghdad was shot and killed the driver of a senior official of the Ministry of Human Rights. As pointed representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, killed a civil servant with a pistol with a silencer. In August 2011, according to official data, in Iraq have been killed 239 people.
