Several people wounded in terrorist attack north of Baghdad
Iran Press TV
Monday, 08 March 2021 10:07 PM
At least eight people sustained injuries after an explosion hit an area near the al-Aimmah bridge north of Baghdad, according to Iraqi sources.
No casualties have been reported so far, the Iraqi security media cell said, adding that security forces are investigating the incident that happened on Monday evening.
The explosion was caused by a hand grenade that detonated in a garbage dump near the bridge, sources said.
The Iraqi news website Al-Ma'aloumah says the explosion struck the path used by Shia pilgrims to visit the holy shrine of their seventh imam, Musa al-Kadhim (PBUH), whose martyrdom anniversary falls on March 9 this year, in al-Kadhimiya region.
Iraq's intelligence agency said it had arrested three members of a terror cell earlier in the day who were planning a suicide attack on pilgrims of Imam al-Kadhim.
Baghdad's Operation Command said the pilgrims will continue their annual march to the mosque.
The Monday explosion came the same day Pope Francis left Baghdad after a historic three-day visit to Iraq.
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