BOMB ATTACK KILLS 6 PEOPLE NORTH OF IRAQ CAPITAL

Baghdad, 12 Jumadil Akhir 1436/1 April2015 (MINA) – At least six people, including four Iranians, have reportedly been killed after a bomber targeted a bus carrying  pilgrims north of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad.

Police on Tuesday confirmed six people were among the dead in a terrorist attack that took place in the Iraqi town of Taji, located 20 kilometers (12 miles) north of Baghdad, Middle East Monitor (MEMO) quoted by Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA) as reporting.

The bus of  pilgrims was returning from the holy city of Samarra when it came under attack by a bomber, who detonated his explosives as the pilgrims were getting off the vehicle at a gas station.

Samarra lies 110 kilometers north of Baghdad and is home to the shrines of the tenth and eleventh Shia Imams, Ali al-Hadi  and Hassan.

Nobody has claimed the deadly attack so far.

A health official, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity, said that 11 Iranian pilgrims were also wounded in the Tuesday attack.

Iranian authorities, however, put the number of death toll at one person, saying 10 other pilgrims were also injured in the attack.

Mohsen Nezafati, an official in Iran’s Hajj and Pilgrimage Organization, said the pilgrims, who had started their trip from the Iranian northeastern province of Khorasan Razavi, were not registered passengers and traveled to Iraq on their own risk.(T/P002)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)