At least six people have been killed and 38 others wounded after two mortar rounds struck a square filled with Shia pilgrims in Iraq‘s capital.
The attack on Sunday (June-10.2012) took place in Quraish Square in Baghdad’s northwestern district, where pilgrims were gathering ahead of a religious festival to mark the death anniversary of the Shia Imam Moussa al-Kadhim.
Police sources said the death toll could rise.
An interior ministry source said security forces had been put on high alert and that a tight security belt was in place around in a bid to prevent further attacks on pilgrims walking towards the Imam Kadhim shrine.