Firefighters hose down burning vehicles
as others cover victims with blankets following an explosion in a crowded
commercial area near the Imam Hussein shrine in Karbala, some
100 km south of Baghdad, Saturday, April 28, 2007.(Xinhua/Reuters
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BAGHDAD, April 28 (Xinhua) -- The death toll rose to 47
from a suicide car bombing on Saturday near a holy Shiite shrine in Karbala,
some 100 km south of Baghdad, a local police source told Xinhua.
A total of 150 others were also injured while the
suicide bomber detonated his explosive-laden car in a crowded commercial area
about 500 meters away from the most revered shrine of Imam Hussein, the source
said on condition of anonymity.
The blast occurred when many people were heading to
the area for evening prayers, the source said.
Earlier, the state-run television al-Iraqiya reported
that a car parked near the shrine went off, killing at least 42 people.
On April 14, a car bomb hit the same area, killing at
least 40 people and injuring 60 others.
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