Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar. 31
By Umid Niayesh - Trend:
An Iranian pilgrim was killed and nine others were injured in a terrorist attack near the Iraqi capital city of Baghdad.
The bombing attack targeted Iranian pilgrims' bus in the Taji district of northern Baghdad on March 31, Iran 's Fars news agency reported.
No other details have been published on the issue yet.
Shiite pilgrims have been frequently hit by terrorist attacks in Iraq in recent years.
On March 23, at least eight people lost their lives and more than 20 others sustained injuries in a car bomb blast in the Sadr City district of the Iraqi capital. The bomb went off close to a mosque where pilgrims were gathering to head to a Shia shrine in the holy city of Samara, north of Baghdad.
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