A suicide bomber targetting Shi'ite pilgrims killed at least 30 people and wounded at least 70 others in southern Iraq on Thursday, Jan.5.
It was announced by Qusay al-Abadi, head of the provincial council in Nassiriya.
Abadi and local security sources said the attack occurred at a police checkpoint just west of Nassiriya, 300 kilometres (185 miles) southeast of Baghdad. Police sources initially said the explosion was a roadside bomb.