Three car bombs ripped through crowds near Iraq's shrine city of Karbala on Monday, killing 12 people and wounding dozens in fresh attacks on pilgrims arriving for religious rituals. "There were three car bomb explosions, two at 8:30 AM (05:30 GMT) and another 30 minutes later," said Nusayef Jassem, the provincial vice chief.
"Twelve people were killed and 150 wounded in the attacks," he said.
Dr Laith Sharifi, an official of the provincial health department, said earlier that 10 people were killed and 50 wounded, with women and children among the victims. Another doctor said that of the wounded, 10 were in serious condition.
In other attacks across Iraq on Monday, gunmen killed two anti-Qaeda militiamen in the northern city of Kirkuk, while a roadside bomb in Baghdad killed a military officer. An intelligence official, two guards and eight civilians were wounded in explosions.
The two first car bombs targeting pilgrims exploded at a bus terminal at the Al-Ibrahimi area, 20 kilometres (12.5 miles) east of Karbala, Jassem said. The third exploded at the Al-Hindiya district, about three kilometres (two miles) from the site of the twin blasts.
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