Suicide bomber kills 28 in Iraq

A suicide bomber targeting Shia pilgrims killed at least 28 people and wounded 24 near the Iraqi city of Samarra on Saturday, …

A suicide bomber targeting Shia pilgrims killed at least 28 people and wounded 24 near the Iraqi city of Samarra on Saturday, a police source said.

"So far we have received nine dead bodies, five of them are unrecognisable, and 19 wounded. Women and children are amongst them," the police source at Samarra hospital said.

Samarra is 100km north of Baghdad.

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