ബാഗ്ദാദില്‍ സ്‌ഫോടനം:
11 ഷിയാ തീര്‍ഥാടകര്‍
കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടു
Iraqi police and medical authorities say more
than a dozen people have been killed and tens of others injured in a car bomb
attack that targeted a group of Shia pilgrims in the capital, Baghdad.The officials, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said the attack took place on Sunday afternoon in Baghdad’s
southwestern district of Al-Ilam as people were delivering food to the Shia
pilgrims heading to the holy city of Karbala, located about 100 kilometers (62
miles) southwest of Baghdad.The Shia pilgrims were on their way to Karbala to
commemorate Ashura, which is the tenth day of the lunar month of Muharram and
marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia imam.The
blast killed 14 people and wounded 32 others.Iraqi officials usually blame
similar attacks on Takfiri terrorists.
Car bombing leaves
14 Shia pilgrims dead in
Baghdad
Iraqi police and medical authorities say more
than a dozen people have been killed and tens of others injured in a car bomb
attack that targeted a group of Shia pilgrims in the capital, Baghdad.The officials, speaking on condition of
anonymity, said the attack took place on Sunday afternoon in Baghdad’s
southwestern district of Al-Ilam as people were delivering food to the Shia
pilgrims heading to the holy city of Karbala, located about 100 kilometers (62
miles) southwest of Baghdad.The Shia pilgrims were on their way to Karbala to
commemorate Ashura, which is the tenth day of the lunar month of Muharram and
marks the martyrdom anniversary of Imam Hussein (PBUH), the third Shia imam.The
blast killed 14 people and wounded 32 others.Iraqi officials usually blame
similar attacks on Takfiri terrorists.
Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and 72 of
his loyal companions, were martyred on Ashura in the battle of Karbala against
the second Umayyad caliph, Yazid I, in 680 A.D. Imam Hussein was killed after
he refused to pledge allegiance to the tyrant ruler.The mourning services have
been in place worldwide since the beginning of Mannual Muharram
ceremonies, which have been performed for many centuries, symbolize the eternal
and unwavering stance of truth against falsehood and humanity’s struggle
against injustice, tyranny and oppression, the cause for which Imam Hussein
(PNUH) was martyred.Meanwhile, latest figures provided by the United Nations
show that violence in Iraq has claimed at least 1,273 lives in the month of
October alone.The UN casualty figures are lower than the death toll reported by
the Iraqi government. Iraq says that, based on statistics gathered by the health,
interior and defense ministries, 1,725 civilians and security forces were
killed in October.
വടക്കന്‍ ബാഗ്ദാദിലെ ഷിയാ വിഭാഗക്കാരുടെ തീര്‍ഥാടനകേന്ദ്രമായ
സമാരയിലുണ്ടായ ചാവേര്‍ ആക്രമണത്തില്‍ പതിനൊന്ന് പേര്‍ കൊല്ലപ്പെട്ടു. 23 പേര്‍ക്ക്
ഗുരുതരമായി പരിക്കേറ്റു. ദേഹത്ത് സ്‌ഫോടകവസ്തുക്കള്‍ കെട്ടിവെച്ച ചാവേറുകള്‍
സ്വയംപൊട്ടിത്തെറിക്കുകയായിരുന്നു. തീര്‍ഥാടകരെ സഹായിക്കാനായി കെട്ടിയുണ്ടാക്കിയ
ടെന്റുകളില്‍ വിശ്രമിക്കുകയായിരുന്നവരാണ് മരിച്ചത്.
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