Suicide Attack Hits an Area between Imam Hussein and Al-Abbas Shrines

A suicide bomber struck in an area between Imam Hussein (AS) holy shrine and that of His brother Abul Fadl Al-Abbas in the Iraqi holy city of Karbala on Sunday.

One person was martyred and several others were injured.

Jamal al-Din Shahristani, an official at the Imam Hussein shrine, said an engineer working on a project between the site and the Imam Abbas shrine blew himself up, causing an unspecified number of casualties. Al-Manar Website sources said the engineer was Malaysian.

Iraqi officials said other attacks in regions in Baghdad have killed four people and wounded 11. A police officer said three roadside bombs went off simultaneously on Sunday in the Husseiniya area northeast of the capital, killing three civilians. He said 11 others, including three policemen, were wounded. Another police officer said a soldier was killed when a bomb attached to his car exploded in the northern Utaifiya neighborhood. Two health officials confirmed the causality figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity as they were not authorized to release information to reporters.