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Baghdad Scene of Attack Following Pope’s Departure

  • By Joergen Haisem
  • (General Dispatch) – Muslim pilgrims were surprised by a grenade attack, specifically at the Al-Aimmah bridge in Baghdad, resulting in one person dead and ten others seriously injured.
  • An individual allegedly threw a grenade at a group of people passing by.
  • In order to celebrate the commemoration of the death of Imam al-Kadhim, a considerable number of pilgrims gathered at the cemetery. The attacker took advantage of this fact to carry out his deed.
  • Consequently, minutes earlier the authorities had arrested at least three terrorists, who organized the suicide attack.
  • The detonation took place a few hours after the pope’s departure from the nation. 
  • However, the security agencies deployed at the scene were not enough, as the terrorists succeeded in their objective.
  • The last few years that this celebration has taken place in the locality; it has been the victim of suicide attacks, most of which have left regrettable events.
  • Every year Shiite Muslims travel from different parts of the world to celebrate this tradition, for which citizens expressed to the authorities to take greater security measures.

Adittional Information:

Breitbart: Baghdad Sees Fatal Grenade Attack Hours After Pope’s Departure

AA News: Bomb attack injures 10 Shia pilgrims in Baghdad

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