{"id":258460,"date":"2016-10-15T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2016-10-15T11:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=258460"},"modified":"2016-10-15T11:53:02","modified_gmt":"2016-10-15T11:53:02","slug":"iraq-violence-dozens-dead-in-baghdad-suicide-attack-on-shia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/10\/iraq-violence-dozens-dead-in-baghdad-suicide-attack-on-shia\/","title":{"rendered":"Iraq violence: Dozens dead in Baghdad suicide attack on Shia"},"content":{"rendered":"
At least 30 people have died in a suicide attack targeting Shia in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, officials say.<\/p>\n
More than 60 were injured in the attack, on a tent in a crowded market in a northern district of the city.<\/p>\n
Many Shia pilgrims are taking part in mourning rituals commemorating the killing of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson, Hussein, in the 17th Century.<\/p>\n
No-one claimed the attack, though so-called Islamic State (IS) have carried out similar attacks in the past.<\/p>\n
Reports say a militant detonated a suicide vest in the tent at lunchtime, when it was full of pilgrims.<\/p>\n
BBC Middle East editor Sebastian Usher says Sunni militants have long used such pilgrimages as targets for attacks causing large scale casualties.<\/p>\n
This year, IS revived its bombing campaign in Baghdad killing hundreds of people, in what is seen as a response to the group’s loss of much of its territory in Iraq.<\/p>\n
The latest attack comes as Iraqi forces prepare for an offensive in northern Iraq on Mosul, the last IS-held major city in the country.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At least 30 people have died in a suicide attack targeting Shia in Iraq’s capital Baghdad, officials say. More than 60 were injured in the attack, on a tent in a crowded market in a northern district of the city. Many Shia pilgrims are taking part in mourning rituals commemorating the killing of the Prophet […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[107],"tags":[12667,12668,12669],"yoast_head":"\n