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Iraq car bomb kills 6 Iranian pilgrims, 1 Iraqi

Saturday - 5/25/2013, 2:40pm  ET

By SINAN SALAHEDDIN
Associated Press

BAGHDAD (AP) - Two Iraqi police officers say a car bomb has exploded near a bus carrying Iranian pilgrims north of Baghdad, killing six Iranians and one Iraqi.

They added that 14 others were wounded in the attack, which occurred near the city of Samarra.

A medical official confirmed the casualty figure. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information.


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