At Least 8 Killed in Baghdad Minibus Bombings
By VOA News
16 February 2009
Iraqi police say roadside bombs in Shi'ite areas of Baghdad have killed eight people and wounded 24 others.
Officials say one bomb hit a minibus in the Sadr City district Monday, killing four and wounding 11. Another roadside bomb a few hours later blasted a minibus in Kamaliya, killing four and wounding 13.
The driver of the bus in Kamaliya said the passengers were on their way home from Arbain, an annual pilgrimage that attracts hundreds of thousands of Shi'ite Muslims to the southern Iraqi city of Karbala.
Shi'ites heading to Karbala were attacked several times last week in bombings that killed at least 60 people. Some Sunni Islamist groups regard Shi'ites as heretics, and have attacked Iraqi Shi'ite pilgrims in the past.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
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