More than 80 killed in ISIS-claimed attack near Baghdad likely targeting Iranian pilgrims

Thursday, November 24, 2016
By Paul Martin

RT.com
24 Nov, 2016

A truck bomb at a gas station has killed at least 80 people south of Baghdad, Iraq, according to sources cited by Reuters. The attack, claimed by Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS/ISIL), likely targeted Iranian Shiite pilgrims.

At least 32 others were injured by the explosion, Iraqi officials told AP.

The blast, which took place in the village of Shomali, 120km southeast of the capital Baghdad, ripped through a gas station at which seven buses carrying pilgrims were parked.

“At least seven buses with pilgrims were inside the petrol station at the time,” a police officer told AFP.

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