Bomb kills 14 Shi’ite pilgrims in Baghdad’s Sadr City

A bomb killed 14 Shi’ite pilgrims in the Sadr City area of Baghdad on Sunday, after two other deadly explosions killed 20 people in the capital just ahead of Ashura, a religious festival targeted by suicide bombers in the past.

The bomb in Sadr City exploded near a tent used by pilgrims preparing for Ashura, when millions of Shi’ites would commemorate the slaying of grandson of Prophet Mohammad (SM) Imam Hussein at the Battle of Kerbala in 680 AD.