Baghdad (AFP). The rebels launched a series of bomb attacks, mostly targeting Shiites in various parts of Iraq, Thursday (17/1), killing at least 22 people. The violence erupted after nearly two weeks the situation was pretty quiet, and threatened to burn the tension is rising among Iraqi ethnic and sectarian groups.
The worst attack took place near Dujail, 80 miles north of Baghdad, a car bomb exploded near a series of pilgrims walk to the holy places in the city of Samarra. Salahuddin provincial health directorate head, Raed Ibrahim, said 11 people have been killed and more than 60 others were wounded in the attack.
"We heard the sound of an explosion rumbles, and all visitors to get out and see some of the cars were burned and a number of bodies on the ground. Stalls on both sides of the market on fire," said Naseer Hadi, who worked at the post office Dujail.
The pilgrims heading to Samarra to commemorate the death of two prominent Shia Imam who was interred at the shrine of al-Askari.
Al Qaeda blamed for the 2006 bombing at the shrine of gold round in Iraq, causing bloody reciprocal action over the years between Sunni and Shiite extremists who have killed thousands of Iraqis dead and pushed the country to the brink of civil war.
The attack happened at Dujail after a couple of hours a car bomb blast that hit a bus carrying foreign pilgrims near the city of Karbala which is considered sacred to Shiites. Four people were killed and 12 others wounded in the attack, according to police and hospital officials.
The blast destroyed the bottom of the bus and broke nearly all the windows of tour buses. Nusaif al-Kitabi, deputy head of Karbala provincial council, said the bus was carrying pilgrims from Afghanistan.
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