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Six killed, 38 wounded in Iraq mortar attack
Source: Reuters
Six killed, 38 wounded in Iraq mortar attack
BAGHDAD | Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:54pm EDT
(Reuters) - At least six people were killed and 38 others wounded when two mortar rounds struck a square filled with Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq's capital on Sunday, police and hospital sources said.
Although overall violence in Iraq has dropped, Sunni Islamist insurgents with links to al Qaeda are still capable of lethal attacks and often hit Shi'ite targets to stir up the kind of sectarian pressure that almost led to civil war in 2006-2007.
The attack took place in Quraish Square in Baghdad's northwestern Kadhimiya district, where pilgrims were gathering ahead of a religious festival to mark the death anniversary of the Shi'ite Imam Moussa al-Kadhim.
Police sources said the death toll could rise.
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BAGHDAD | Sun Jun 10, 2012 3:54pm EDT
(Reuters) - At least six people were killed and 38 others wounded when two mortar rounds struck a square filled with Shi'ite pilgrims in Iraq's capital on Sunday, police and hospital sources said.
Although overall violence in Iraq has dropped, Sunni Islamist insurgents with links to al Qaeda are still capable of lethal attacks and often hit Shi'ite targets to stir up the kind of sectarian pressure that almost led to civil war in 2006-2007.
The attack took place in Quraish Square in Baghdad's northwestern Kadhimiya district, where pilgrims were gathering ahead of a religious festival to mark the death anniversary of the Shi'ite Imam Moussa al-Kadhim.
Police sources said the death toll could rise.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/06/10/us-iraq-violence-idUSBRE8590DV20120610
