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Wednesday 22 May 2013

Seven dead in Iraq car bomb blast

Seven people have been killed in a car bomb blast in Iraq

Seven people, including three Iranian pilgrims, have been killed when an explosives-laden car detonated north of Baghdad.

A health official said some 30 other people were wounded in the blast in the town of Balad, 50 miles north of Baghdad. The wounded were Shiite pilgrims from Iraq, Iran and Pakistan.

The victims were travelling from a shrine in the northern city of Samarra to another in nearby Balad.

Press Association

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