Roadside bombs kills three in Iraq

Two roadside bombs targeting Shia pilgrims in Iraq killed three people and wounded at least 32 others on Tuesday ahead of a Shia religious event, Interior Ministry and police sources said. One of the blasts struck a Shia procession in the Ghazaliya district of western Baghdad, killing three and wounding 18, the interior ministry source said.
A police source put the toll at three dead and 19 wounded. The other bomb exploded near a procession in the town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, and wounded 14, the Diyala province security operations centre said.