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18 people have been killed in Iraq after a bus carrying Shiite pilgrims to Karbala overturned
BAGHDAD: A bus carrying pilgrims to the Iraqi metropolis of Karbala overturned north of Baghdad on Saturday, killing 18 individuals, medical officers mentioned.
Hundreds of thousands of believers converge on town every year for the Shiite pilgrimage of Arbaeen, thought to be the biggest annual public gathering on the earth. Pilgrims come from varied elements of Iraq in addition to from Iran and the Gulf international locations, with many making their method to Karbala on foot.
Two Iraqi medical officers who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t licensed to talk to the media mentioned that the bus overturned close to the city of Balad, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
The victims have been 15 males and three girls. Amongst them have been 10 Iranians, two Iraqis – the bus driver and his son – and 6 individuals of unknown nationality, the officers mentioned.
Arbaeen marks the anniversary of the fortieth day of mourning following the seventh-century loss of life of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussein by the hands of the Muslim Umayyad forces within the Battle of Karbala, through the tumultuous first century of Islam‘s historical past.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was personally observing the entry of Iranian pilgrims to Iraq through the Shalamcheh border crossing on Saturday, the place he and Iranian Vice President Mohammad Mokhber additionally laid the inspiration stone for a railway challenge that can present rail transportation between the 2 international locations.
Hundreds of thousands of believers converge on town every year for the Shiite pilgrimage of Arbaeen, thought to be the biggest annual public gathering on the earth. Pilgrims come from varied elements of Iraq in addition to from Iran and the Gulf international locations, with many making their method to Karbala on foot.
Two Iraqi medical officers who spoke on situation of anonymity as a result of they weren’t licensed to talk to the media mentioned that the bus overturned close to the city of Balad, about 55 miles (90 kilometers) north of Baghdad.
The victims have been 15 males and three girls. Amongst them have been 10 Iranians, two Iraqis – the bus driver and his son – and 6 individuals of unknown nationality, the officers mentioned.
Arbaeen marks the anniversary of the fortieth day of mourning following the seventh-century loss of life of the Prophet Muhammad’s grandson Hussein by the hands of the Muslim Umayyad forces within the Battle of Karbala, through the tumultuous first century of Islam‘s historical past.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia al-Sudani was personally observing the entry of Iranian pilgrims to Iraq through the Shalamcheh border crossing on Saturday, the place he and Iranian Vice President Mohammad Mokhber additionally laid the inspiration stone for a railway challenge that can present rail transportation between the 2 international locations.
